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Old 06-24-2005
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
# 2  
Old 06-24-2005
nows=$(echo \"$(date +%Y-%m-%e)\")
# 3  
Old 06-24-2005
now='"'`date +%Y-%m-%e`'"'
# 4  
Old 06-24-2005
MySQL here u go

Try this

nows=\"`date +%Y-%m-%e`\"
# 5  
Old 06-24-2005
Wonderful Just ice,

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

cheers,
gops
# 6  
Old 06-24-2005
Thanks everybody for providing me the solution in different ways.

cheers,
gops
 
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