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Mr Peter Kempner
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‎07-11-2001 03:56 AM

‎07-11-2001 03:56 AM

Setting up an alias containing single and double quotes

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 ....
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Robin Wakefield
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‎07-11-2001 04:18 AM

‎07-11-2001 04:18 AM

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Re: Setting up an alias containing single and double quotes

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

should work.

Robin
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federico_3
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‎07-11-2001 05:14 AM

‎07-11-2001 05:14 AM

Re: Setting up an alias containing single and double quotes

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