capture a line at a time from a txt file

[marco]

does anyone know how to capture a line of a text file from DOS

example text file:

marco
paul
linda


I'm looking to read the first line then set it equal to a variable in my batch file then read the next line in the second loop etc....

[Tom Boykin]

The answer would depend on the operating system you are talking about.  The following line will display each line in a text file (called sample.txt) if running a DOS window under Windows 2000 (all on one line):

for /f "tokens=1, 3* delims=~" %G IN (sample.txt) DO @ echo %G%H%I

If the preceeding command is run in a batch file, the references to variables %G, %H, %I would be %%G, %%H, %%I.

This command is not available in MSDOS 3-6.