Re: "watch" and quotes problem?
On 2020-05-02 11:14, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
Hi All,
I want to run the following command
ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print $9, $5}'
with a "watch" on it
How do I get past the embedded quotes issue with
$ watch -n 2 "ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print $9,
$5}'"
watch: failed to parse argument: 'ls -al /lin-bak | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk
'{print , }'': Invalid argument
watch -n 2 "ls -al /tmp | grep -i OurStuff.tar | awk '{print \$9,
\$5}'"
works for me in bash.
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