split.js

const line = '"" "a b" "a b c" "a \\" marvellous" \'we like\'a"b a""b abab abb "hi"';

const gre = /\s*(?:(?:"((?:\\"|[^"])*)")|(?:'((?:\\'|[^'])*)')|([^\s]+))/g;
function split(str) {
    const result = [];
    str.replace(gre, (part, dquoteMatch, squoteMatch, wsMatch, offset, fullString) => {
        result.push(dquoteMatch !== undefined ? dquoteMatch : squoteMatch !== undefined ? squoteMatch : wsMatch)
    });
    return result;
}
console.log(split(line));