On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 10:10:01 PM UTC-5, T wrote:   
   > 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%   
      
   I have only been able to pull data in from a file with the usebackq option   
      
   1. Depending on your data you may not even need tokens. I'd start with this:   
   For /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in (out.txt) do (set myvar=%%a)   
      
   2. Then add tokens if necessary (Step 1 should output the same as step 2):   
   For /f "usebackq tokens=* delims=" %%a in (out.txt) (do set myvar=%%a)   
      
   3. Then add my deliminators last:   
   For /f "usebackq tokens=* delims= " %%a in (out.txt) do (   
   set myvar=%%a   
   @echo !myvar!   
   )   
      
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