diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/CommandMiner.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/CommandMiner.java
index fadabd27689..e4b9ed1b394 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/CommandMiner.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/miners/org/eclipse/rse/dstore/universal/miners/CommandMiner.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2008 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * Noriaki Takatsu (IBM)  - [220126] [dstore][api][breaking] Single process server for multiple clients
  * Noriaki Takatsu (IBM)  - [230399] [multithread] changes to stop CommandMiner threads when clients disconnect
  * David McKnight  (IBM)  - [226561] [apidoc] Add API markup to RSE Javadocs where extend / implement is allowed
+ * David McKnight (IBM) - [286671] Dstore shell service interprets < and > sequences - cmd descriptor to identify ability
  *******************************************************************************/
 
 package org.eclipse.rse.dstore.universal.miners;
@@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ public class CommandMiner extends Miner
 
 		DataElement shellD = createCommandDescriptor(fsD, "Shell", "C_SHELL", false); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 		_dataStore.createReference(cancellable, shellD, "abstracts", "abstracted by"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+		
+		// indicates support for char conversion in version 3.2
+		createCommandDescriptor(fsD, "CharConversion", "C_CHAR_CONVERSION", false);
+		
 
 //		DataElement inputD = _dataStore.createObject(cmdD, "input", "Enter command");
 		_dataStore.createObject(cmdD, "input", "Enter command"); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/shells/DStoreShellThread.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/shells/DStoreShellThread.java
index ca8b8972291..0f3c28518a2 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/shells/DStoreShellThread.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.services.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/services/dstore/shells/DStoreShellThread.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DE;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataElement;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataStore;
+import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataStoreResources;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataStoreSchema;
 import org.eclipse.rse.dstore.universal.miners.IUniversalDataStoreConstants;
 
@@ -263,7 +264,13 @@ public class DStoreShellThread
 
 				if (cmd != null)
 				{	
-					cmd = convertSpecialCharacters(cmd);
+					// first, find out if the server support conversion
+					DataElement fsD= dataStore.findObjectDescriptor(DataStoreResources.model_directory);
+					DataElement convDes = dataStore.localDescriptorQuery(fsD, "C_CHAR_CONVERSION", 1); //$NON-NLS-1$
+					if (convDes != null){
+						cmd = convertSpecialCharacters(cmd);
+					}
+					
 				    DataElement commandDescriptor = getSendInputDescriptor(commandElement);
 					if (commandDescriptor != null)
 					{
diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/dstore/DStoreServiceCommandShell.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/dstore/DStoreServiceCommandShell.java
index 50448d2bd8b..4b83675d31c 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/dstore/DStoreServiceCommandShell.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.subsystems.shells.dstore/src/org/eclipse/rse/internal/subsystems/shells/dstore/DStoreServiceCommandShell.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2009 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package org.eclipse.rse.internal.subsystems.shells.dstore;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.NullProgressMonitor;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataElement;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataStore;
+import org.eclipse.dstore.core.model.DataStoreResources;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.extra.DomainEvent;
 import org.eclipse.dstore.extra.IDomainListener;
 import org.eclipse.rse.internal.services.dstore.shells.DStoreHostOutput;
@@ -169,8 +170,17 @@ public class DStoreServiceCommandShell extends ServiceCommandShell
 				{
 					output = new RemoteOutput(this, type);
 				}
+
+				DataStore dataStore = line.getDataStore();
+				DataElement fsD= dataStore.findObjectDescriptor(DataStoreResources.model_directory);
+				DataElement convDes = dataStore.localDescriptorQuery(fsD, "C_CHAR_CONVERSION", 1); //$NON-NLS-1$
+				
+				String text = line.getName();
+				if (convDes != null){
+					text = convertSpecialCharacters(text);
+				}
 								
-				output.setText(convertSpecialCharacters(line.getName()));
+				output.setText(convertSpecialCharacters(text));
 
 				int colonSep = src.indexOf(':');
 				// line numbers