Put command output into a variable

Question

Given a directory with the following files

image1.txt
image2.txt
image3.txt

I want to get the oldest file (let the files be sorted by data, old

Answer 1

There isn't a direct way, the FOR-Loop is one way or the other way is set /p with a temporary file.

dir /b /od c:\test\image?.txt | findstr ^1 > oldest.tmp
< oldest.tmp set /p myVar=