set command to "echo " & theQuote & theString & theQuote & " | awk 'NF {$1=$1;print $0}' | paste -s -d" & SEP & " - | sed 's/" & SEP & "[[:space:]]*/" & SEP & "/g' | sed 's/[[:space:]]*" & SEP & "/" & SEP & "/g' | sed 's/^" & SEP & "//' | sed 's/" & SEP & SEP & "//g' | sed 's/" & SEP & "$//'" -- failed when using escaped/non escaped plus instead of asterisk.