How to split a command line like string?

Basically, I need to split the string like ``` "one quoted argument" those are separate arguments "but not \"this one\"" ``` to get in result the list of arguments - "one quoted argument" - those - are - separate - "but not \"this one\"" This regex `"(\"|[^"])*"|[^ ]+` nearly does the job but the issue is that regular expression always (at least in java) tries to match the longest string possible. In consequence, when I apply the regex to a string that starts and ends with a quoted arguments, it matches the whole string and does not create a group for each argument. Is there a way to tweak this regex or the matcher or the pattern or whatever to handle that? Note: don't tell me I could use `GetOpt` or `CommandLine.parse` or anything else similar. My concern is about pure java regex (if possible but I doubt it...).