Django template excape literal string

Question

Basically, is something like

{{ ">>"|escape }} 

possible?

I can use {{ context_variable|escape}} but can I use a string literal?

I want to avoid littering my template files with >

Answer 1

Yes. Django treats invalid variables as an empty string. That's the case when you pass a string literal. I will have the string literal concatenated to an empty string.

There is also this answer here. Literal HTML in Django without using a variable?