diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
index 7eaccb747c..feeda3000f 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.c
@@ -189,33 +189,6 @@ IsValidEnvironmentVariableName(
   return TRUE;
 }
 
-/**
-  Find a command line contains a split operation
-
-  @param[in] CmdLine      The command line to parse.
-
-  @retval                 A pointer to the | character in CmdLine or NULL if not present.
-**/
-CONST CHAR16*
-EFIAPI
-FindSplit(
-  IN CONST CHAR16 *CmdLine
-  )
-{
-  CONST CHAR16 *TempSpot;
-  TempSpot = NULL;
-  if (StrStr(CmdLine, L"|") != NULL) {
-    for (TempSpot = CmdLine ; TempSpot != NULL && *TempSpot != CHAR_NULL ; TempSpot++) {
-      if (*TempSpot == L'^' && *(TempSpot+1) == L'|') {
-        TempSpot++;
-      } else if (*TempSpot == L'|') {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return (TempSpot);
-}
-
 /**
   Determine if a command line contains a split operation
 
@@ -236,7 +209,7 @@ ContainsSplit(
 
   FirstQuote    = FindNextInstance (CmdLine, L"\"", TRUE);
   SecondQuote   = NULL;
-  TempSpot      = FindSplit(CmdLine);
+  TempSpot      = FindFirstCharacter(CmdLine, L"|", L'^');
 
   if (FirstQuote == NULL    || 
       TempSpot == NULL      || 
@@ -259,7 +232,7 @@ ContainsSplit(
       continue;
     } else {
       FirstQuote = FindNextInstance (SecondQuote + 1, L"\"", TRUE);
-      TempSpot = FindSplit(TempSpot + 1);
+      TempSpot = FindFirstCharacter(TempSpot + 1, L"|", L'^');
       continue;
     } 
   }
@@ -1919,7 +1892,7 @@ VerifySplit(
   //
   // recurse to verify the next item
   //
-  TempSpot = FindSplit(CmdLine)+1;
+  TempSpot = FindFirstCharacter(CmdLine, L"|", L'^') + 1;
   return (VerifySplit(TempSpot));
 }
 
@@ -2921,3 +2894,38 @@ RunScriptFile (
 
   return (Status);
 }
+
+/**
+  Return the pointer to the first occurance of any character from a list of characters
+
+  @param[in] String           the string to parse
+  @param[in] CharacterList    the list of character to look for
+  @param[in] EscapeCharacter  An escape character to skip
+
+  @return the location of the first character in the string
+  @retval CHAR_NULL no instance of any character in CharacterList was found in String
+**/
+CONST CHAR16*
+EFIAPI
+FindFirstCharacter(
+  IN CONST CHAR16 *String,
+  IN CONST CHAR16 *CharacterList,
+  IN CONST CHAR16 EscapeCharacter
+  )
+{
+  UINT32 WalkChar;
+  UINT32 WalkStr;
+
+  for (WalkStr = 0; WalkStr < StrLen(String); WalkStr++) {
+    if (String[WalkStr] == EscapeCharacter) {
+      WalkStr++;
+      continue;
+    }
+    for (WalkChar = 0; WalkChar < StrLen(CharacterList); WalkChar++) {
+      if (String[WalkStr] == CharacterList[WalkChar]) {
+        return (&String[WalkStr]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return (String + StrLen(String));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.h b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.h
index 95d9669f7c..4fadab15e2 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.h
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/Shell.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   function definitions for internal to shell functions.
 
   (C) Copyright 2014, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
-  Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
+  Copyright (c) 2009 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
   This program and the accompanying materials
   are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
   which accompanies this distribution.  The full text of the license may be found at
@@ -342,6 +342,23 @@ RunScriptFile (
   IN EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL  *ParamProtocol
   );
 
+/**
+  Return the pointer to the first occurance of any character from a list of characters
+
+  @param[in] String           the string to parse
+  @param[in] CharacterList    the list of character to look for
+  @param[in] EscapeCharacter  An escape character to skip
+
+  @return the location of the first character in the string
+  @retval CHAR_NULL no instance of any character in CharacterList was found in String
+**/
+CONST CHAR16*
+EFIAPI
+FindFirstCharacter(
+  IN CONST CHAR16 *String,
+  IN CONST CHAR16 *CharacterList,
+  IN CONST CHAR16 EscapeCharacter
+  );
 
 #endif //_SHELL_INTERNAL_HEADER_