Command READLN

Function:

Read a line of text from a file. The line of text is stored in an environment variable called READLN.

Syntax:

READLN [drive:][path]filename [linenum]

filename Specifies the text file to read.

linenum Specifies the line number to retrieve.

Note:

Line numbers start from 1.

When parameter linenum is not specified then the environment variable will be set to the total number of lines in the text file.

Example on using READLN.

filename	Specifies the text file to read.
linenum	Specifies the line number to retrieve.