Bash Script- Bash Script - Editing Lines on Text From File - linux

Question

I'm using a bash script to read in data from a text file.
Data:
04:31 Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - My Heaven http://goo.gl/rMOa2q
[ARMADA MUSIC]
07:46 Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli - Back To You (Wach Remix)http://goo.gl /yGxqRX
[DIGITAL SOCIETY RECORDINGS]
code:
#!/bin/bash
file="/home/nexusfactor/Desktop/inputData(linux).txt"
while IFS= read -r line
do
# display $line or do somthing with $line
echo "$line"
done <"$file"
I would like to remove the white space between the two songs, then remove the time at the beginning of the song and the hyperlink/studio name from the end of the file. So my output would be:
Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - My Heaven
Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli

Answer 1

echo " 04:31 Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - My Heaven http://goo.gl/rMOa2q [ARMADA MUSIC]
07:46 Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli - Back To You (Wach Remix) http://goo.gl/yGxqRX [DIGITAL SOCIETY RECORDINGS]" \
| sed '/^[ \t]*$/d;s/^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9] //;s/http:.*//'
output
Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - My Heaven
Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli - Back To You (Wach Remix)
# ---------------------------------------^----- ????
Not quite what your example output shows, but matches your written requirement
remove the time at the beginning of the song and the hyperlink/studio name from the end ...
Rather than read each line in a while loop, use seds built in ability to read each line of a file and process it. you can do
sed '/^[ \t]*$/d;s/^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9] //;s/http:.*//' file > newFile && /bin/mv newFile file
OR if you're using a modern linux environment (and others), use the -i option to overwrite the existing file :
sed -i '/^[ \t]*$/d;s/^[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9] //;s/http:.*//' file
IHTH

Answer 2

#!/bin/bash
file="/home/nexusfactor/Desktop/inputData(linux).txt"
while read -r date line
do
[[ $date == "" ]] && continue # empty line -> next loop
[[ $date =~ ^\[ ]] && continue # line starts with "[" -> next loop
line="${line%(*}" # remove "(" and everything to the right of it
line="${line%http*}" # remove "http" and everything to the right of it
echo "$line"
done <"$file"
Output:
Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Natalie Gioia - My Heaven
Fabio XB & Liuck feat. Christina Novelli - Back To You