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

Adding an answer for JavaScript for AppleScript (JAX) users based on answer from McUsr:

debugger

var app = Application.currentApplication();
app.includeStandardAdditions = true;

var source = "/documents/John's Spreadsheet.xls";
var target = "/documents/John's Spreadsheet.csv";

source = source.replace("'", "'\"'\"'", "g");
target = target.replace("'", "'\"'\"'", "g");

var exportScript = "/excel -i";
exportScript += " '" + source + "'";
exportScript += " '" + target + "'";
exportScript += ";true";

try {
    app.doShellScript(exportScript);
}
catch (error) {
    console.log(error.message);
}

If you don't know what JAX is it's AppleScript but using JavaScript. Open Script Editor and select JavaScript from the dropdown beneath the record button.