I have one .txt file and one .bat file:

VARIABLE.TXT
with one LINE:
Code: [Select]variabletext
CREATEFILE.BAT

I want CREATEFILE.BAT to create a file with a filename based on the content (variabletext) of VARIABLE.TXT

Does anyone know if this is possible and what command to set in CREATEFILE.BAT?
Many THANKS in ADVANCE!

David
Look at
set /?
at the command prompt for more information.

Set /p contents=echo %contents%

NOTE: The above will only work with the FIRST line. If you want to work with all lines, that's a whole different story.
C:\>type createfile.bat
Code: [Select]echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f "delims=" %%i in (variable.txt)  do (
echo %%i
set contents=%%i
echo contents=!contents!
echo newfile > !contents!.txt
dir "!contents!.txt"
)
Output:

C:\>createfile.bat
mynewfile
contents=mynewfile
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is F4A3-D6B3

 DIRECTORY of C:\

03/03/2010  05:58 PM                10 mynewfile.txt
               1 File(s)             10 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  299,179,556,864 bytes free
C:\>greg,

Your example worked like a charm. You guys really helped me out.
I appreciate it very much!

David