This will work
$ eval "for i in $(echo a b\\ c); do echo \"\$i\"; done"
a
b c
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2007-07/msg00011.html
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Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale' -DPACKA
