How to escape backticks in a .bash_aliases file?

Question

How do I escape backticks as below:

root:~# 
root:~# cat .bash_aliases 
alias clean='docker rm `docker ps -aq`'
root:~#

see also:

and

for possible alternate syntax of:

docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

You have already quoted them using single quotes, why do you need to escape them further? — muru, Sep 01 '20 at 08:00
perhaps I typed it in wrong, but there's supposed to be backticks around `docker ps -aq` which I couldn't get into the alias. — Nicholas Saunders, Sep 01 '20 at 08:03
The output you show in the question look OK to me - ``alias clean='docker rm `docker ps -aq`'`` and it will function identically to what you have in the answer ``alias clean='docker rm $(docker ps -aq)'`` — muru, Sep 01 '20 at 08:06

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '20 at 08:02

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yes, the work-around of:

root:~# 
root:~# alias clean
alias clean='docker rm $(docker ps -aq)'
root:~#

works.

answered Sep 01 '20 at 08:02

Nicholas Saunders

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don't think its a workaround, using backticks is obsolete – Sep 01 '20 at 08:04

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