Convert a folder of .URL files to a bookmarks.html file that can be imported into a browser
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Run this script in a folder full of ".url" files, and pipe output to an HTML file. | |
# Example: ./convert_url_files_to_bookmarks.sh > bookmarks.html | |
echo "<!DOCTYPE NETSCAPE-Bookmark-file-1>" | |
echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">' | |
echo '<TITLE>Bookmarks</TITLE>' | |
echo '<H1>Bookmarks</H1>' | |
echo '<DL><p>' | |
ls -1 *.url | | |
sed 's/.url//' | | |
while read L; do | |
echo -n ' <DT><A HREF="'; | |
cat "$L.url" | grep URL | grep -v BASEURL | sed 's/URL=//' | tr -d '\r'| tr -d '\n'; echo '">'"$L"'</A>'; | |
done | |
echo "</DL><p>" |
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