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Passing the first file in a DIR command to a variable

I want to transfer the very first file returned

dir *.png /B

to the variable% firstFile%

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Why do you need dir ?

 for %%x in (*.png) do if not defined firstFile set "firstFile=%%x"
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why do you have to sort through the whole list?

 for %%x in (*.*) do ( set "firstFile=%%x" goto :done ) :done
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must not be:

 DIR *.png /B > "%TEMP%\dir" && SET firstFile= < "%TEMP%\dir"
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 DIR *.png /B > "%TEMP%\dir" && < "%TEMP%\dir" SET firstFile=
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/1400449/

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