xml use Comparison "<"

[crazyeva]

xxx afield<$value$
....
then i get:
"StartTag: invalid element name" with an unexpected "<"
How could i fix this?

[ShaneNewman · Accepted solution]

The way to reference the less than sign inside of XML is & l t ; without the spaces between.

[nfilippi_splunk]

You also have the option to wrap it in a CDATA tag:

<![CDATA[xxx afield<$value$]]>

[ShaneNewman]

= is not a special charactor, so & l t ;= should work.

[ShaneNewman]

& l t ; < less than
& g t ; > greater than
& a m p ; & ampersand
& a po s ; ' apostrophe
& q u o t ; " quotation mark

[crazyeva]

how about "<=" ">=" "ge" "le" return error

[crazyeva]

thanks then gt ge le？