How to escape single quotes within single quoted strings

Question

Let\'s say, you have a Bash alias like:

alias rxvt=\'urxvt\'

which works fine.

However:

Answer 1

If you have GNU Parallel installed you can use its internal quoting:

$ parallel --shellquote
L's 12" record

'L'"'"'s 12" record'
$ echo 'L'"'"'s 12" record'
L's 12" record

From version 20190222 you can even --shellquote multiple times:

$ parallel --shellquote --shellquote --shellquote
L's 12" record

'"'"'"'"'"'"'L'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'s 12" record'"'"'"'"'"'"'
$ eval eval echo '"'"'"'"'"'"'L'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'"'s 12" record'"'"'"'"'"'"'
L's 12" record

It will quote the string in all supported shells (not only bash).