import re

def escape_single_quotes(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        content = file.read()

    # Escape single quotes inside string literals
    content = re.sub(r"''", r"'", content)
    content = re.sub(r"(`[^`]*`)", r"'\1'", content)
    content = re.sub(r"'`([^`]*)`'", r"'\1'", content)
    content = re.sub(r"\'", r"''", content)

    with open(file_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as file:
        file.write(content)

# Usage
escape_single_quotes("/home/key/git/countries-states-cities-database/sql/world.sql")