Setting up an alias containing single and double quotes

[Mr Peter Kempner]

I am trying without success to alias the following command:

ll -t * |awk {'printf "%-4s%-3s%-10s%s\n", $6, $7, $8, $9'}|head

I have tried everything I can think of to cope with the quotes in the command but to no avail. Surely there is a way ....

[Robin Wakefield · Accepted solution]

alias lt='ll -t * |awk "{printf \"%-4s%-3s%-10s%s\n\", \$6, \$7, \$8, \$9}"|head'

should work.

Robin

[federico_3]

try like thi":
alias llt="ll -t * | awk '{printf \"%-4s%-3s%-10s%s\n\", \$6,\$7,\$8,\$9}'| head "