gistfile1.coffee

parse = (line) ->
  stuff = line.split ' '
  result = []

  while stuff.length
    item = stuff.shift()

    if item[0] is '"' # begin quoted string
      while item[item.length - 1] isnt '"' or (item[item.length - 2] is '\\' and item[item.length - 3] isnt '\\')
        item += ' ' + stuff.shift()

      item = item.substr 1, item.length - 2
      item = item.replace /\\\"/g, '"'
      item = item.replace /\\\\/g, '\\'

    result.push item

  return result

console.log '====='
result = parse 'test word "quoted words" and "quoted with \\"quote\\"marks\\" and \\\\ slashes" and "\\\\" "\\\\\"" slashed quotes'
console.log word for word in result