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From: brnstnd@stealth.acf.nyu.edu
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Subject: Re: AWK/shell quoting
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Date: 11 Jan 90 03:48:28 GMT
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In article <7277@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> ijk@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (ihor.j.kinal) writes:
> 	awk "BEGIN { print \"'\" } "

Congratulations for testing your solution before posting it, but it
only works under sh. In contrast,

	awk 'BEGIN { print "'\''" } '

works under sh and csh. (More complicated? Give me a break.)

---Dan