If you really want to use single quotes in the outermost layer, remember that you can glue both kinds of quotation. Example:
alias rxvt='urxvt -fg '"'"'#111111'"'"' -bg '"'"'#111111'"'" # ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ # 12345 12345 12345 1234
Explanation of how '"'"' is interpreted as just ':
'End first quotation which uses single quotes."Start second quotation, using double-quotes.'Quoted character."End second quotation, using double-quotes.'Start third quotation, using single quotes.
If you do not place any whitespaces between (1) and (2), or between (4) and (5), the shell will interpret that string as a one long word.
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