Posted by Jim Moe on 10/29/84 11:45

David Johnstone wrote:
> The subject says it all. I'm trying to pipe text through a
> process that replaces:-
> < with &lt
>> with &gt
> Now I would like to include html in the text, but because of
> this substitution (which I can't do anything about), none of
> the html tags are recognised in the output.
>
Nope, you're screwed. If the process has no method for escaping what it
is replacing, there is nothing you can do.
Perhaps if you gave a few more details like operating system, the
process (if standard), etc.?
And I hope you meant "&lt;" and "&gt;".

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