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Need to read a text file from a batch file

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Name: dasarimp
Date: September 15, 2009 at 02:05:47 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Product: Microsoft Windows xp professional edition
Subcategory: Software Problems
Comment:

Hi,
I would like to read text file e.g. abc.txt from batch file. There will be only one line in abc.txt file as given below...

InstallationPath REG_SZ C:\Program Files\XYZ\My SoftwarePath\

I would like to read the path i.e. "C:\Program Files\XYZ\My SoftwarePath\"

with blanks in it.

Please guide me to solve this problem.

Thanks.
Regards,
Mukund



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Response Number 1
Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: September 16, 2009 at 09:13:44 Pacific
Reply:

Not very clear, but if you want to set a var try this:

===========================
@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedExpansion

for /f "tokens=1-2* delims= " %%a in (abc.txt) do (
set var=%%c
)
echo !var!


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