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[blastman]

hey all,

I've forgotten how to pull the fist line of a txt file into a variable. I thought it was..

set var=<<C:\test.txt

but it doesn't work!!

All i'm trying to capture is a single word, so it should be nice and easy.

(also I've lost all my old batch files so can't look up whats I've done before.)

Cheers in advance

 

[voodooflux]

This should do it...

set /p var= <c:\test.txt

 

[blastman]

arh, /p. that's what I'm missing.

Cheers for that, works a treat.