ECHO "<" or ">" in a batch fileTag(s): Misc Prog HowTo

Since < or > are special characters for the DOS command interpreter, you can't use them directly, 
> echo <test>
Bad syntax

Simply prefix them with the DOS escape character "^" 

> echo ^<test^>
<test>

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