diff --git a/Source/cmAlgorithms.h b/Source/cmAlgorithms.h
index 8491838e5..43e113b3a 100644
--- a/Source/cmAlgorithms.h
+++ b/Source/cmAlgorithms.h
@@ -278,4 +278,21 @@ typename Range::const_iterator cmRemoveDuplicates(Range& r)
   return cmRemoveIndices(r, indices);
 }
 
+template<typename Range>
+std::string cmWrap(std::string prefix, Range const& r, std::string suffix,
+                   std::string sep)
+{
+  if (r.empty())
+    {
+    return std::string();
+    }
+  return prefix + cmJoin(r, (suffix + sep + prefix).c_str()) + suffix;
+}
+
+template<typename Range>
+std::string cmWrap(char prefix, Range const& r, char suffix, std::string sep)
+{
+  return cmWrap(std::string(1, prefix), r, std::string(1, suffix), sep);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index ac4489afc..93692f61e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -2295,15 +2295,8 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::CreateDefaultGlobalTargets(cmTargets* targets)
       std::ostringstream ostr;
       if (!componentsSet->empty())
         {
-        ostr << "Available install components are:";
-        std::set<std::string>::iterator it;
-        for (
-          it = componentsSet->begin();
-          it != componentsSet->end();
-          ++ it )
-          {
-          ostr << " \"" << *it << "\"";
-          }
+        ostr << "Available install components are: ";
+        ostr << cmWrap('"', *componentsSet, '"', " ");
         }
       else
         {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
index 68657ad82..432cb3af3 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
@@ -724,12 +724,7 @@ cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3
     }
 
   // Write the list of commands.
-  for(std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = commands.begin();
-      i != commands.end(); ++i)
-    {
-    replace = *i;
-    os << "\t" << replace << "\n";
-    }
+  os << cmWrap("\t", commands, "", "\n") << "\n";
   if(symbolic && !this->WatcomWMake)
     {
     os << ".PHONY : " << cmMakeSafe(tgt) << "\n";
diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index bf496e948..5264123d7 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ cmSystemTools::PrintSingleCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& command)
     return std::string();
     }
 
-  return "\"" + cmJoin(command, "\" \"") + "\"";
+  return cmWrap('"', command, '"', " ");
 }
 
 bool cmSystemTools::DoesFileExistWithExtensions(
diff --git a/Source/cmcmd.cxx b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
index eb637eff3..7d67bd82a 100644
--- a/Source/cmcmd.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmcmd.cxx
@@ -450,9 +450,7 @@ int cmcmd::ExecuteCMakeCommand(std::vector<std::string>& args)
         return 1;
         }
 
-      std::string command = "\"";
-      command += cmJoin(cmRange(args).advance(3), "\" \"");
-      command += "\"";
+      std::string command = cmWrap('"', cmRange(args).advance(3), '"', " ");
       int retval = 0;
       int timeout = 0;
       if ( cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(command.c_str(), 0, &retval,