On second thought here is an even easier way: set /p line= < myfile.txt
On 5/14/06, Gabor Grothendieck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Put the following two lines in your batch file: > > for /f %%a in (myfile.txt) do set line=%%a & goto:nextline > :nextlin > > The RESOURCES file in the batchfiles*.zip distribution in: > > http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/batchfiles > > gives pointers to many batch file resources. > > On 5/14/06, MARK LEEDS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: MARK LEEDS > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 9:49 PM > > Subject: simple .bat question but i can't find out where to post. my > > apologiesfor posting a non R question > > > > > > I have what I think is a simple .bat question but i can't figure out where > > to post it ( i spent 6 hours looking through tutorials on batch commands > > but i haven't had success . > > > > Here is my question if anyone wouldn't mind answering : > > > > previously, i was on linux and tickerFileToSimulate was a file that > > contained a line in the top say "japan". > > > > I had shell script in linux that had the following 2 lines in it. > > > > TICKER_FILE = 'cat tickerFileToSimulate' > > file = $TICKER_FILE > > > > in this way, the variable $file was set equal to japan. > > > > I CANNOT find how to do the equivalent in a .bat file on windows XP. > > > > if someone could give me a place to post or tell me how to do it, it would > > be really great and again i am sorry for posting this question. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
