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