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Batch Read Line From File Into Variable Form

Oct 26, 2018 Often I need to load the content of a file into a Windows Command Prompt variable. This is useful when writing batch scripts where the return value from one program is used as input for another program. At other times I need to process a json file to load just a value into a variable. Note: There is a limit to the size of variables.

I am thinking maybe there's a way to read the number of lines in the file into a variable (X), then generate a random integer between 1 and X (Y), and then read line Y into another variable%AGENT% that I can use as a paramenter in a program the batch file is running.
I will set a variable that would be used to specify the line I want. For example: If I set a variable 'line' to 100, then when%line% is used in the code, would echo the 100th line. – Human.bat Aug 21 '15 at 21:20.
Sep 25, 2008 If your set command supports the /p switch, then you can pipe input that way. Set /p VAR1= to set the value of a variable to a line of input entered by the user. Displays the specified promptString before reading the line of input.
To Read data from a text/ flat file, use following code:-1) Create a File System Object. 2) Open Text File. 3) read Line by line data from text/ Flat file and store in a variable seperating by a line feed. 4) Close the File. 5) Discard all variables. ' 'reading input file Function readFile(sPath) Dim objFSO, objFile, sData.

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Hi all.
I've been reading through the posts looking for a way/solution to store each line into its own variable,
but all that is happening is that the first SET /P reads/puts the complete file content into %LOCAL_VER% :S

Batch File Read Line From Text File Into Variable

I really like the idea of reading out a config file that holds multiple settings (one on each line),
but i have no clue how to do that.
Hopefully one of you is willing to help, it would make me really happy and my life more easy
Thanks!Hi,
today I saw a new technic Stackoverflow: Merge 2 txt files in a single tab delimited file in batch from walid2mi.
Perhaps you know it, but I was absolutly impressed Into

I know that you can read a single line(only the first line) with
But walid2mi use it with a simple trick to extend it to read multiple lines from a file

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And it's even better than that, it can read empty lines and read any content, even '%&|<>^ and also !

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This is impossible with a simple FOR loop

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Btw. Do I said that I'm totally excited
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