Use Dollar Sign
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- import java.io.StringWriter; import java.io.Writer; import org.apache.velocity.Template; import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext; import org.apache.velocity.app.Velocity; import org.apache.velocity.tools.generic.RenderTool; public class VMDemo { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Velocity.init(); Template t = Velocity.getTemplate("./src/VMDemo.vm"); VelocityContext ctx = new VelocityContext(); Writer writer = new StringWriter(); t.merge(ctx, writer); System.out.println(writer); } } ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A ($) sign.