Re: Oops - I ran into a problem trying to use DOS to write to an html file

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: : Thanks for the help I got on this forum when I : : asked about using a DOS batch program to write : : to a file. I was able to use FOR to append lines : : of info to a file, but when I tried to append : : info to an html file, the angle brackets in HTML : : (for example xxx) seem to mess up the FOR : : sequence. No part of the FOR sequence will work : : and it reports a FILE NOT FOUND error. Obviously : : it is interpreting the angle brackets in some : : way (as a file name?). If I put the : : angle-bracketed word in quotes, the FOR sequence : : will work until it reaches that point and then : : it stops. If I put the angle-bracketed word in : : double quotes, the batch file works, but it : : completely ignores the angle-bracketed word. It : : does not write it to the file. The sequence goes : : right on as if it wasn't there at all. Is there : : any way to write an angle bracket to a file? : ## : Command: : for %x in (apple "<orange> pear) do echo %x >> fubar.txt : : Contents of "fubar.txt": : apple : "<orange> : pear