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bash alias command with both single and double quotes

I have the following command:

svn status | awk '$1 =="M"{print $2;}'

How do I make an alias out of it? I have tried:

alias xx="svn status | awk '$1 ==\"M\"{print $2;}'"
Solution

  • You just need to escape it correctly.

    alias xxx="svn status | awk '\$1 ==\"M\"{print \$2;}'"