Getting second line of text set as a variable using FOR in batch

batch-file, for-loop, text

Solution

try this:

@echo off
for /f "skip=1" %%G IN (1234.txt) DO if not defined line set "line=%%G"
echo %line%
pause

other example:

for /f "tokens=1*delims=:" %%G in ('findstr /n "^" 1234.txt') do if %%G equ 2 echo %%H

Problem

I have a text file on my desktop named "1234.txt" and it contains four lines of text that looks like: ``` Test Test1 Test2 Test3 ``` I want to echo the second line (aka Test1) using the FOR command. I am using this: ``` @echo off for /f "skip=1" %%G IN (1234.txt) DO @echo %%G pause ``` and it returns ``` Test1 Test2 Test3 Press any key to continue . . . ``` How do I set up the FOR command to only read that second line (Test1), not the third and fourth as well? Cheers

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