From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 05/01/2016 04:09 PM, T wrote:   
   > Hi All,   
   >   
   > How to I place the contents of a file into a variable?   
   >   
   > I am looking for something like the following bash   
   > variable assignment but in "batch"   
   >   
   > #!/bin/bash   
   > Count=$(cat CountFile.txt)   
   >   
   > Many thanks,   
   > -T   
      
      
   I found this in my notes.  Is there a less complicated method?   
      
   echo sri_test.txt>>  out.txt   
   For /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in (out.txt) do set myvar=%%a   
   echo %myvar%   
      
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