Split lines from a file into variables (accepting spaces) BASH

I need a script in bash that reads a file and recognize an delimiter (“;”) and store the values between the delimiters into variables to build a dialog menu later.

What i’ve done:

#!/bin/bash
file="Tarefas.cfg"
nomeTarefa=''
dirOrigem=''
dirDest=''
tipoBkp=''
agendarBkp=''
compactarBkp=''
gerarLog=''
echo
for linha in $(cat $file)
do
    nomeTarefa=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f1 )
    dirOrigem=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f2 )
    dirDest=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f3 )
    tipoBkp=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f4 )
    agendarBkp=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f5 )
    compactarBkp=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f6 )
    gerarLog=$(echo $linha | cut -d; -f7 )
    echo "$nomeTarefa $dirOrigem $dirDest $tipoBkp $agendarBkp $compactarBkp $gerarLog"
    echo
done

the file that it reads is :

Minha Tarefa;/home/;/home/;Diferencial;;N;S;
Minha Tarefa;/home/thalesg;/home/;Diferencial;;N;S;

And the output:

Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha

Tarefa /home/ /home/ Diferencial  N S

Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha Minha

Tarefa /home/thalesg /home/ Diferencial  N S

Answer

With a while you can split a line into a lot of vars in 1 call.
You need to temporary change the FieldSep (IFS) into a ;
And avoid an extra call to cat: do not use cat $file | .. but use < $file

file="Tarefas.cfg"
while IFS=";" read nomeTarefa dirOrigem dirDest tipoBkp agendarBkp compactarBkp gerarLog; do
   echo "$nomeTarefa $dirOrigem $dirDest $tipoBkp $agendarBkp $compactarBkp $gerarLog"
   echo "Show one field, the compactarBkp: $compactarBkp"
done < $file