passing date to variable

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From: hummbabe
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 00:00

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Hi, 
I'm trying to pass the current month and day to a variable for
purposes of renaming and archiving files. here's the idea:

#!/bin/sh
v_date = date +%m%d
mv file "file$v_date"

I've tried various combinations of single and double quotes on both
lines but with no success. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance,
Larry

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