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/usr/bin/plutil -convert xml1 -o - ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist | grep -E -o '<string>http[s]{0,1}://.*</string>' | grep -v icloud | sed -E 's/<\/{0,1}string>//g'
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williamli commented Nov 25, 2020 •
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https://gist.github.com/andphe/3232343#gistcomment-2390914

Piping to open -f opens everything in TextEdit which is much nicer, imo.

/usr/bin/plutil -convert xml1 -o - ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist | grep -E -o '<string>http[s]{0,1}://.*</string>' | grep -v icloud | sed -E 's/<\/{0,1}string>//g' | open -f

You don't have to remember this line, the following command will create a script called ExportReadingList.command and opens finder to show it to you.

printf '#!/bin/bash\n'"/usr/bin/plutil -convert xml1 -o - ~/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist | grep -E -o '<string>http[s]{0,1}://.*</string>' | grep -v icloud | sed -E 's/<\/{0,1}string>//g' | open -f\n" > ExportReadingList.command && chmod +x ExportReadingList.command && open -R ExportReadingList.command

Whenever ExportReadingList.command is executed (from Finder), it will open TextEdit with the current reading list and bookmarks.

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