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I want the output within quotes
Hi

I want to store the output of this command within double quotes ?
How can i do that ?

nows=`date +%Y-%m-%e`

The output is 2005-06-24

I want the output as "2005-06-24".
I tried with few options but only in vain.
do let me know how to go about it ?

Thanks in advance.

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nows=$(echo \"$(date +%Y-%m-%e)\")
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now='"'`date +%Y-%m-%e`'"'
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Try this

nows=\"`date +%Y-%m-%e`\"
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Wonderful Just ice,

That was what i expected and thanks a lot for Providing me the same.

cheers,
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Thanks everybody for providing me the solution in different ways.

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