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  1. shopt -s extglob
  2. string=" a 1,  a   2,      a 3 "
  3. foobar="\"${string//,/\",\"}\""
  4. echo "${foobar//*( )\"*( )/\"}"
Success #stdin #stdout 0s 4520KB
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"a 1","a   2","a 3"
https://ideone.com/b9lD6x
https://stackoverflow.com/a/51367342/874188
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