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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