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@echo off
set /p "a="<mydatefile.txt
echo "%a%"
pause
Worked great.
Just what I was looking for!
Thanks,
Matt
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- 04 Feb 2013 07:05
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Set a variable to file contents
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Re: Set a variable to file contents
Worked great.
Just what I was looking for!
Thanks,
Matt
- 04 Feb 2013 05:56
- Forum: DOS Batch Forum
- Topic: Set a variable to file contents
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4297
Set a variable to file contents
Hi, How to I grab the (simple) contents of a file (which will be YYYYMMDD each day) and assign it to a variable? So, the file mydatefile.txt contains 20130204 and I want the batch script to assign '20130204' to the variable a. (All of the ancillary things I've worked thru, and can do - except for a...