In article <7277 at cbnewsh.ATT.COM> ijk at 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