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bookmarks.html Merge

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  • 13-07-2016 3:54pm
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    Johnboy1951
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    I have a bunch of bookmark.html files of various vintage, and from a wide variety of browsers, that I would like to merge into a master bookmarks.html file, while deleting duplicate entries and retaining sub-directories and their contents.

    Is there a script that will achieve this?

    Thanks.


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    I have a bunch of bookmark.html files of various vintage, and from a wide variety of browsers, that I would like to merge into a master bookmarks.html file, while deleting duplicate entries and retaining sub-directories and their contents.

    Is there a script that will achieve this?

    Thanks.

    Maybe try this?


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Thanks.
    I had read that (amongst others), but it did not seem to be what I am looking for.
    For instance near the end one contributor says
    you will have multiple folders inside the bookmars but it shouldn t take more than 5 minutes and manually delete the duplicates after sorting them by name
    Obviously if I could do it in 5 mins it would already be done.

    The other suggestion/s seem to depend on the bookmarks.html files being specifically Firefox generated.
    Maybe I am misinterpreting this.


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Thanks.
    I had read that (amongst others), but it did not seem to be what I am looking for.
    For instance near the end one contributor says

    Obviously if I could do it in 5 mins it would already be done.

    The other suggestion/s seem to depend on the bookmarks.html files being specifically Firefox generated.
    Maybe I am misinterpreting this.

    If you want to send me the files I'll write a script which does it for you.


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    syklops wrote: »
    If you want to send me the files I'll write a script which does it for you.

    Thank you for that offer ..... much appreciated!

    I hope I won't seem ungrateful if I ask for a 'rain-check' on that offer. I would like to investigate a few other options before I ask for direct help of that kind.
    Hopefully you understand ...... and thank you again for that offer. ;)


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    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Thank you for that offer ..... much appreciated!

    I hope I won't seem ungrateful if I ask for a 'rain-check' on that offer. I would like to investigate a few other options before I ask for direct help of that kind.
    Hopefully you understand ...... and thank you again for that offer. ;)

    No worries. Im sure it can be done easily enough. If you just import the three bookmarks, does it not automatically merge the duplicates?


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    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    syklops wrote: »
    No worries. Im sure it can be done easily enough. If you just import the three bookmarks, does it not automatically merge the duplicates?

    Not the way I have done it so far.
    I will try a few things using a new profile in FF maybe and see how that works out.


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