#!/bin/bash
s="word1 word2 hello world"
sed -E 's/[^[:space:]]+/"&"/g' <<< "$s"
# => "word1" "word2" "hello" "world"
sed 's/[^[:space:]]*/"&"/g' <<< "$s"
# => "word1" "word2" "hello" "world"
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