How to parse a CSV in a Bash script?

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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.

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