diff --git a/tsshbatch.py b/tsshbatch.py
index b32a159..122161a 100755
--- a/tsshbatch.py
+++ b/tsshbatch.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 CMDINCL      = PROGENV + "CMDS"
 HOSTINCL     = PROGENV + "HOSTS"
 
-CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.190 2014/11/28 18:07:20 tundra Exp $"
+CVSID        = "$Id: tsshbatch.py,v 1.191 2014/12/01 19:28:51 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION      = CVSID.split()[2]
 CPRT         = "(c)"
 DATE         = "2011-2014"
@@ -211,6 +211,47 @@
 
 
 #####
+# Check To See If A Key Exists In A String, Excluding Quoted Substrings
+#####
+
+def KeyInString(key, string):
+
+    """ Look for 'key' in 'string', but exclude segments of the string
+        that are contained within single- or double quotes.
+    """
+
+    quote_chars = ('"', "'")
+
+    InLiteral = False
+    search = ""
+    index = 0
+    while index < len(string):
+
+        char = string[index]
+
+        if InLiteral:
+            if char == quote_char:
+                InLiteral = False
+                
+        elif char in quote_chars:
+            quote_char = char
+            InLiteral = True
+
+        else:
+            search += char
+
+        index += 1
+        
+    status = False
+    if search.count(key) > 0:
+        status = True
+
+    return status
+
+# End of KeyInString
+
+
+#####
 # Print Message(s) To stderr
 #####
 
@@ -359,14 +400,14 @@
             # If this is a sudo run, force password to be read
             # from stdin thereby avoiding fiddling around with ptys.
 
-            if command.count(SUDO + " ") > 0:
+            if KeyInString(SUDO + " ", command):
                 command = command.replace(SUDO, "%s %s" % (SUDO, SUDOARGS), 1)
           
             stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command(command)
 
             # If doing a sudo command, send the password
 
-            if command.count(SUDO + " ") > 0:
+            if KeyInString(SUDO + " ", command):
                 stdin.write("%s\n" % sudopw)
                 stdin.flush()
     
@@ -780,7 +821,7 @@
 
 SUDOPRESENT = False
 for command in Commands:
-        if command.count(SUDO + " ") > 0:
+    if KeyInString(SUDO + " ", command):
             SUDOPRESENT = True
 
 # Check condition 1) above.