> It's GOT to be simple, but I can't figure it out.
>
> I just want to pass the current date to a variable in a bash script.
>
> Do I use the 'date' command? How do I pass output from the 'date'
> command to a variable, say $DATE,
> in a bash script?
You're definately on the right track:
DATE=`date`
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