exec awk problem with quotes

[BCyo+8C4]

Hi,
I need a tcl to start awk like this:

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awk -f alfa.awk -v was="array('$mask'" bans-$chan.txt >bans-$chan-tmp.txt

But when I put it in my script (after exec) like that it complains about "extra characters after close-quote"

If I escape them (\") I get: Invalid command name """

I also tried this but that failed as well:

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set varname "awk -f alfa.awk -v was=\"array('$mask'\" bans-$chan.txt >bans-$chan-tmp.txt"
eval exec $varname

What's the correct way to escape those quotation chars?

[speechles]

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set awk [list awk -f alfa.awk -v was="array('$mask'" bans-$chan.txt >bans-$chan-tmp.txt]
eval exec $awk

Encapsulate your arguments within

• evaluation. See if that helps.

  <speechles> .tcl set a [list awk -f alfa.awk -v was="array('mask'" bans-chan.txt >bans-chan-tmp.txt]
  <bot> Tcl: awk -f alfa.awk -v was=\"array('mask'\" bans-chan.txt >bans-chan-tmp.txt
  * I had to strip the $ from your variables as I don't have those set *
  * It would've worked with them if I had those set... *

[BCyo+8C4]

that doesn't work either.
while there's no error in console now the file is simply not changed, it's like awk didn't run at all.

example "bans-chan.txt":

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); ?>

example tcl:

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set awk [list awk -f alfa.awk -v was=");" bans-chan.txt >bans-chan-tmp.txt] 
eval exec $awk

the awk command itself is correct as it works in shell


EDIT: Well, never mind I guess, I found another solution (without using awk)