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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to alias an awk command with single and double quotes? Post 302322065 by jacekmaciek on Tuesday 2nd of June 2009 05:15:50 PM
Old 06-02-2009
How to alias an awk command with single and double quotes?

Hi,

I am trying to write the following command as an alias in my .bashrc file.

bjobs -u all | awk '{if (NR > 1) {username[$2]++;}}END{{print"\nJOBS BY USER:\n"} for (i in username) {print username,i;}{print"\n Total Jobs=",NR-1,"\n" }}'

The command simply puts how many jobs each user is running and works correctly from the command line.

How do I write it in my .bashrc file, given that the format of the alias command is:

[i]alias aliasname='command';

Obviously the following does not work since two instances of single quotes get confused:

alias bju='bjobs -u all | awk '{if (NR > 1) {username[$2]++;}}END{{print"\nJOBS BY USER:\n"} for (i in username) {print username[i],i;}{print"\n Total Jobs=",NR-1,"\n" }}' ';

I tried using double quotes around awk and escaping the double quotes inside the command but that has not worked.

Please help if you can.
 

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lprm(1)                                                             Apple Inc.                                                             lprm(1)

NAME
lprm - cancel print jobs SYNOPSIS
lprm [ -E ] [ -U username ] [ -h server[:port] ] [ -P destination[/instance] ] [ - ] [ job ID(s) ] DESCRIPTION
lprm cancels print jobs that have been queued for printing. If no arguments are supplied, the current job on the default destination is cancelled. You can specify one or more job ID numbers to cancel those jobs or use the - option to cancel all jobs. OPTIONS
The lprm command supports the following options: -E Forces encryption when connecting to the server. -P destination[/instance] Specifies the destination printer or class. -U username Specifies an alternate username. -h server[:port] Specifies an alternate server. COMPATIBILITY
The CUPS version of lprm is compatible with the standard Berkeley lprm command. SEE ALSO
cancel(1), lp(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpstat(1), http://localhost:631/help COPYRIGHT
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