AWK/shell quoting

[brnstnd at stealth.acf.nyu.edu]

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