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Re: Can't get ECHO to ignore "<" and ">" in text stri
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"Michael D. Hensley" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Feb 1997 15:13:50 +0000
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> I'm having a problem getting a script file to output (via ECHO) a
> variable that contains the infamous "<" and ">" characters (and yes, the
> script file is building an HTML file).  Here is what I wanted to do:
>
>    setvar out "<pre>"
>    echo !out

Piece of cake:

   :setvar foo "!<bar!>"
   :echo !foo
   <bar>
   :showvar foo
   FOO = !<bar!>
   :


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Michael D. Hensley             |
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Lund Performance Solutions     | http://www.lund.com

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