Formats a Google contacts list for use in a Pine address book.

contacts-to-addressbook

#!/usr/bin/env bash
##Formats a Google contacts list for use in a Pine address book.
##Requires the Google Command Line Tool: http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/
##Usage:
## contacts-to-addressbook > $HOME/.addressbook

GOOGLECL=$(which google)
if [ ! -x "$GOOGLECL" ]; then
    echo "Error: Requires the Google command line tool."
    exit 1
fi

while read line; do
    #parse fields
    name=$(echo "$line" | cut -d "," -f1)
    email=$(echo "$line" | cut -d "," -f2 | cut -d ";" -f1) #primary email

    #don't add contact without an email address
    if [ -n "$email" ]; then
        #format entry for pine address book: nick[TAB]full[TAB]email
        echo -e "\t$name\t$email"
    fi

#ignore google voice numbers
#replace empty fields, alphabetical sort
#empty names last
done < <($GOOGLECL contacts list name,email | grep -v "txt.voice.google.com" | \
           sed 's/N\/A//g' | sort -t , -k 1,1 | \
           awk -F, '!$1 {a[++i]=$0; next} 1; END {for (j=1; j<=i; j++) print a[j]}')