linux - bash alias command with both single and double quotes

Question

I have this command that does what I want but I can't get to alias it in my .bashrc (note that it uses both single and double quotes):

svn status | awk '$1 =="M"{print $2;}'

I've tried:

alias xx="svn status | awk '$1 =="M"{print $2;}'"

And some other common sense combinations with no luck.. I know that bash is very picky with quotes.. So what's the correct way to alias it and why ? Thanks

Answer 1

You just need to escape it correctly.

alias xxx="svn status | awk '$1 =="M"{print $2;}'"