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I wrote a batch file. The original idea was to display today's date in YYYYMMDD format, but instead it shows type date.txt,

My bat file is as follows:
@call date /t | awk95 -F- "{ print($1 $2 substr($3,1,2)) }">date.txt
@set filename=type date.txt
echo %filename%

Thanks, many thanks

If you want to display it on the screen, then use type date.txt...
If you want to assign it to a variable... you may need to write a small program in QB

Re msg：

First write a file, you can name it setfile.tmp, with the content “set filename=”. Note that the file must not contain a carriage return character, so you can't use edit to edit it, or if you use edit, then use debug to delete the last two bytes afterward.

Next, change the line @set filename=type date.txt in the program to

@copy setfile.tmp+date.txt setfile.bat >nul
@call setfile.bat

Hehe, it's best to use copy /b, otherwise problems are very likely to occur (especially when using EDIT to write setfile.tmp)

Re iceboy:

I don't see what effect /b has on this problem. I only know that it is just meant to avoid mistakenly interpreting and executing certain characters in a binary file according to their uses in the ASCII table.

And in my solution, if the temporary file carries a carriage return character, then whether /b is used or not, the correct result will not be obtained.

Also, isn't copy's default parameter /b rather than /a?