Hi all,

I'm trying to define an alias with an embeded awk command:

alias kpipe='kill `psme| grep "ifw -r" | grep -v "grep ifw -r"| awk '{print $2}'`'

The problem is that the awk command (awk '{print $2}') contains two ' ..' quotes. So bash assumes that the first awk quote corresponds to the end of the alias, but it's not. I want it to process till the last ' .

How do I do it ? Any help will be highly appreciated.

note: I'm using bash shell.

Thanks for you help.

Please provide the output of psme command...

psme output:

tstuser 63122 rating
oppuser 12134 javapps

meaning: first column is the user , second is the process id, third is the application name

Cheers.

alias fnm='ls -ltr | awk {print $9}'

or
You can simplify a little bit your command :
Replace by Another simplification : group grep and awk in a single awk command : Jean-Pierre.

Hi all,

Thanks for your suggestions.

This one:
alias kpipe='kill `psme| grep "ifw -r" | grep -v "grep ifw -r"| awk "{print \\$2}"`'

worked perfectly.

Regards,
Joao.