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Quoting error: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''

From: Hans Schou
Subject: Quoting error: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:55:00 +0200
Hi GNU parallel

This command works fine:
  grep "'" NEWS

This command has an error:
  ls NEWS | parallel grep "'"

sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Work-around, add a backslash:
  ls NEWS | parallel grep "\'"

/hans
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