how can add quotes to a parameter

[Alberto Ramos]

Hi,
I have the following code

LOAD XML LOCAL INFILE '@1' REPLACE INTO TABLE instrument ROWS IDENTIFIED BY '<Instrument>';

@1 is a parameter I'm passing in a shell script and the documentation requires to have it in quotes (it won't work otherwise)

But adding quotes like that gives me this error

ERROR 2 (HY000) at line 2 in file: 'load.sql': File '@1' not found (Errcode: 2)

I tried escaping the quotes but nothing worked.

Any ideas?