bash alias command with both single and double quotes

Question

I have this command that does what I want but I can\'t get to alias it in my .bashrc (note that it uses both single and double quotes):

svn status | awk \'$1         


        

Answer 1

Here's something that accomplishes the same thing without using an alias. Put it in a function in your .bashrc:

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

This way you don't have to worry about getting the quotes just right. This uses the exact same syntax you would at the command line.