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06-24-2005

gopskrish

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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.

cheers,
gops

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