simple windows batch file question

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Hi,

How do I assign the program output to a variable in a batch file?

I guessed it would be something like:

set MY_VAR = `type filename`
echo %MY_VAR%

I want to assign the one line that is in the file to be assigned to
MY_VAR.

Thanks,

Paul.

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