does anyone know any way that I can pass in the variable $MOVIESAVEPATH if it contains an apostrophe (single quote)? Will I have to massage it first to escape out that character before using it with xmlstarlet?
Unless there's some oddness in xmlstarlet, you should be good the way you are. Generally speaking, commands don't get interpolated twice. You're actually in a situation where they might because you're using backticks, but I'm pretty sure you're okay in this instance:
Code:
% var="this's an apostrophe"
% echo `echo "$var"`
this's an apostrophe
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