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use regex to search double quoted string with backslash escaped double quote
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regex_quoted_string_with_backslash_escaped.py
In [40]: re.search(r'"(.*?)(?<!\\)"', r'"abc\" \"def" "ghi"')
Out[40]: <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 13), match='"abc\\" \\"def"'>
In [41]: print(_40.group(1))
abc\" \"def
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