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Try, this...CDATA will look for that literal string and will not read it
as special chars.=20

<replace dir=3D"${server.dir}" value =3D"<" >
	<include name=3D"*Control.cs" />=20
	<replacetoken><![CDATA[&lt;]]></replacetoken>=20
	</replace>

Ae Hwa Chon
chona@saic.com
(W)  703-824-5863

-----Original Message-----
From: user-return-61891-AE.H.CHON=3Dsaic.com@ant.apache.org
[mailto:user-return-61891-AE.H.CHON=3Dsaic.com@ant.apache.org] On Behalf
Of Andrew Goktepe
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 9:35 PM
To: Ant Users List
Subject: Re: String replace.

Try escaping the & character xml-style with &amp; instead of \&

pattern=3D"&amp;lt;"

-Andrew

On 8/22/07, Chun Ji <CJi@pro-unlimited.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does someone know how to replace a string such as "&lt;" to be "<" in=20
> a html file by ANT.
> The target that I have created in my build.xml is :
> "
> ...
> <target name=3D"change">
>         <replaceregex file=3D"test.html" pattern=3D"\&lt;" =
replace=3D"<" />
>         <replaceregex file=3D"test.html" pattern=3D"\&gt;" =
replace=3D">" />=20
> </target> ..
> ",
>
> but I see such errors:
> "
> The value of attribute "replace" associated with an element type=20
> "replaceregex" must not contain the '<' character.
> "
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
>
> Charlie
>
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