message from terminal about md5sum and I don't know how to understand it

[Paul Howarth]

yahya John Lorenzen wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> How should I understand  this message?
> 
> [root at dhcppc0 root]# md5sum <FC3-i386-disc1.iso>
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
> [root at dhcppc0 root]#

Get rid of the < and > characters:

# md5sum FC3-i386-disc1.iso

Paul.