How to parse a CSV in a Bash script?

See this youtube video: BASH scripting lesson 10 working with CSV files

CSV file:

Bob Brown;Manager;16581;Main
Sally Seaforth;Director;4678;HOME

Bash script:

#!/bin/bash
OLDIFS=$IFS
IFS=";"
while read user job uid location
 do

    echo -e "$user \
    ======================\n\
    Role :\t $job\n\
    ID :\t $uid\n\
    SITE :\t $location\n"
 done < $1
 IFS=$OLDIFS

Output:

Bob Brown     ======================
    Role :   Manager
    ID :     16581
    SITE :   Main

Sally Seaforth     ======================
    Role :   Director
    ID :     4678
    SITE :   HOME

As an alternative to cut- or awk-based one-liners, you could use the specialized csvtool aka ocaml-csv:

$ csvtool -t ',' col "$index" - < csvfile | grep "$value"

According to the docs, it handles escaping, quoting, etc.