Set variables in batch from part of text file

Question

im looking for for a method to set variables from part of a text. I Have a .txt file where is something like this

part of text
part of text
part of text
part of text
password: 123456
part of text

how can i get a variable 123456 from this file?

I try to use

set var1=<"C:Windows\text.txt"

but it is not working

Any idea mate?

there are already a lot of duplicates: How to read file contents into a variable in a batch file?, Windows Batch: Set Variables from Text File, Set variable equal to a number in a text file Batch, How can I load the contents of a text file into a batch file variable?... — phuclv
– phuclv, Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 8:11
Possible duplicate of Find text in file and set it as a variable. Batch file — phuclv
– phuclv, Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 8:12
Find string in text file and set variable with windows batch, Find text in file and set it as a variable. Batch file, Batch - Search text file for specified string and if found set variable to 1 — phuclv
– phuclv, Commented Oct 23, 2018 at 8:14

Compo · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-23 10:30:49Z

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assuming you are working in a cmd shell on windows, this command from the command line may solve your question

for /F  "tokens=2"  %i in ('findstr "password: " "C:Windows\text.txt"') do set var1=%i

while this is if you need the variable in a batch file (where percentage symbols need to be duplicated):

for /F  "tokens=2"  %%i in ('findstr "password: " "C:Windows\text.txt"') do set var1=%%i

for further info I suggest you to read the help message of the for command with

for /?

(especially the first example => FOR /F "eol=; tokens=2,3* delims=, " %i in ...)

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