single quote escaping in applescript/shell

Question

I\'m trying to process this shell script in applescript, but it keeps saying error EOF, because of the single quote in the folder name.

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Answer 1

The problem arises because you have that tick in the filename of course, on the terminal commandline you would use a tick - double-tick tick - double-tick tick sequence to present it.

(From the terminal below)

729$ echo 'My '"'"'Java Folder'
My 'Java Folder

In Applescript, and your command line, it becomes even more complicated, I recommend you echo your commandline, until you get back what you expect.

set res to (do shell script "echo 'My '\"'\"'Java Folder'")
log res
--> (*My 'Java Folder*)

I think you'll have to start out with that, and reconstruct how you escape the rest of the commandline around it, if it can't be just plugged in as it is.

You should also remove single quotes for entities, that doesn't need them, (no spaces). That way your commandline will become easier to both edit and read.