UNIX shell script and escaping quotes for AWK script

Question

I have a UNIX script that has nawk block inside it (This is just a part of the UNIX and NAWK script. It has many more logic and the below code should definitely be in nawk) This

Answer 1

Obviously an issue with quoting. Pass the value to nawk using the -v option.

Instead of

nawk '{
        COUNTRY_NAME = "COTE D'IVOIRE"
        if (COUNTRY_NAME != " "){ ...

Use

nawk -v "COUNTRY_NAME=COTE D'IVOIRE" '{
        if (COUNTRY_NAME != " "){ ...