getting for command to work

[gbattis]

need help on the last lines of this script with for command i need it to set %thepasswordtouse% variable to the text in the document. This doc contains only 1 line of txt.

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@echo off

IF EXIST sam2.pas goto :passwordfiledoesexist (
   
   ) else (
   
   cls
   echo Welcome to Greg's Batch OS
   set /p passwordin=Pick a password to log in with:
   doskey /reinstall
   set /p passwordcheck=Retype the password:
   doskey /reinstall
   
   if "%passwordin%" == "%passwordcheck%" ( 
   goto :passwordisgud
      ) ELSE (
      :: test only part
      cls
      echo Passwords do not match.
      pause
      goto :passwordredo
      :: eot
      )
   :passwordisgud   
   echo passwords match.
   pause
   cls
   goto :
   )

:passwordfiledoesexist
cls
doskey /reinstall
for /f %%a in ('findstr hextemp.pas') do set thepasswordtouse=%%a
echo %%a
pause

[ShadowThief]

If hextemp.pas only has one line, you can just use set /p

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set /p thepasswordtouse=<hextemp.pas

[Squashman]

ShadowThief's solution is the most concise.

But your FOR /F command should have looked like this if you wanted to use it.

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for /f "delims=" %%a in (hextemp.pas) do set thepasswordtouse=%%a

[gbattis]

thank you to both of you for the solution.