Roger Searle wrote, On 05/24/2011 09:23 AM:
> echo start time:
> date +%H:%M:%S
>
> and think this will work but it would be nice if I could get this on a
> single line, however I'm confused/lost about the finer (important)
> points of where quotes need to go and when they should be single or
> double. Could someone clarify for me please?


/bin/echo start time: `date +%H:%M:%S`

Try that.

-- 
Craig Falconer

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