How to output "<" and ">" symbols to a text file using batch script

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I created a simple batch script to format some HTML codes that i use on a regular basis. My current workaround is outputting 888 and 999 and going back into the text file and replacing all 888's with a < and all 999's with a >. I know batch uses these symbols and redirects so i wanted to know if there was a way to bypass this. Below is an example.

888div id="bestlinkstop"999
    888a href=" " target="_blank"999 888img src=" "999 888/a999
888/div999

changing all 8's and 9's to < and >

<div id="bestlinkstop">
    <a href=" " target="_blank"> <img src=" "> </a>
</div>

Thanks in advance

You will have a much more enjoyable time if switching to PowerShell. Batch (cmd.exe) parsing rules are .. terrible. — user2864740
– user2864740, Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 6:59

Rahul Tripathi · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-16 06:52:32Z

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You can use the Windows escape character is ^ to escape the brackets.

Something like

echo mystring ^< div id="bestlinkstop" ^> something >>myfile.txt

answered Jun 16, 2015 at 6:52

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