Get variable from file "[: too many arguments"

[jago25_98]

All I need to do is consider a file as a variable, or at least make a variable by looking at a file. I don't see why this doesn't work, or another way around it:

ONE='cat pressure-bournemouth-variablised/1'


THRESHOLD=780

if [ $ONE -lt $THRESHOLD ]
then
	echo "YES"
	echo $ONE
else 
	echo "NO"
fi

What have I done wrong?

[aram535]

Are you trying to put the content of xxx'/l into a $ONE?

ONE = `cat whatever/l`

It's tick ` vs single quote '