Solve : Setting dos variable to file's contents?

1.	Solve : Setting dos variable to file's contents?
Answer» I've been playing around with batch files, and have a question: How do you SET a variable to the contents of a saved FILE? I have figured out how to get keyboard INPUT and save it via copy con. I would like to get this information (it's only one word) defined as a variable I can work with within my batch file. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Which OS?

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