bookmarks.html Merge

Johnboy1951

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.