title: How do I escape a field variable in an awk command in an alias?
body: <p>Here are the contents of a file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>one two three
  four five six
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is my alias</p>
  
  <pre><code>alias testawk "awk '{print $2}' file"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is what I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; testawk
  one two three
  four five six
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when I give this command, then I get what I want:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; awk '{print $2}' file
  two
  five
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How do I escape the field specifier in the alias? NOTE: I'm using csh</p>