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Bash: Insert in a variable a file

hi all
i have a problem in the bash shell. i'd like insert in a variable a file for example :

i have a file datafine.log in this file there is :

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17/JUN/2019

i want to insert the value of datafine.log in a variable.
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Frncesco

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edit by bakunin: please use CODE-tags for your data as well as code. Thank you. And while you are at it, please don't write in two-word-lines. This is a question in a technical forum, not a poem.

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