Write symbol ">"

[walter4991]

Hello guys, I have something to ask:
how do I write the symbol ">" in a batch file, for example:

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tree echo>nul>>test.bat

The command in the file bat write only

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tree

, then how do I write ">nul" ???
Thank's...

[amel27]

by "^" symbol before ">"

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echo tree ^>nul>>test.bat

[walter4991]

thanks a lot, it works ... but what does it mean "^" ???

[amel27]

Escape special characters,
read this: http://www.dostips.com/?t=Snippets.Escape

[walter4991]

Thank you very very much...

[jeb]

At the page are missing some more cases.

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SETLOCAL DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
echo 1 ^^^^ "^^^^"
echo 2 ^^^^ "^^^^" ^^!

echo *******
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
echo 3 ^^^^ "^^^^"
echo 4 ^^^^ "^^^^" ^^!

---- OUTPUT ----

1 ^^ "^^^^"
2 ^^ "^^^^" ^!
*******
3 ^^ "^^^^"
4 ^ "^^" !

As you can see, number 4 seems to be really mysterious.
To understand the escape mechanism is one of the major keys of batch files.

hope it helps
jeb