Progress Report - was [Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?]

2018-08-25 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: [snip] Have made progress :] BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey unlikely :[ Boo! Hiss!! Sorry about that Have you looked at a JSON file even after pretty printing with "jq"?

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-22 Thread Daniel
Daniel wrote on 22/08/2018 4:28 PM: Lee wrote on 22/08/2018 7:59 AM: On 8/21/18, Daniel wrote: If you open the file with notepad.. yeah, it does look pretty horrible. If you use something like notepad++ that automatically deals with dos/unix line endings it looks much better :) Lee Oh!!

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-22 Thread GerardJan
Daniel wrote: Daniel wrote on 22/08/2018 4:28 PM: Lee wrote on 22/08/2018 7:59 AM: On 8/21/18, Daniel wrote: If you open the file with notepad.. yeah, it does look pretty horrible. If you use something like notepad++ that automatically deals with dos/unix line endings it looks much better :)

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-22 Thread Daniel
Lee wrote on 22/08/2018 7:59 AM: On 8/21/18, Daniel wrote: If you open the file with notepad.. yeah, it does look pretty horrible. If you use something like notepad++ that automatically deals with dos/unix line endings it looks much better :) Lee Oh!! O.K., I'll have to try to locate a

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-21 Thread Lee
On 8/21/18, Daniel wrote: >>> If you open the file with notepad.. yeah, it does look pretty horrible. >>> If you use something like notepad++ that automatically deals with >>> dos/unix line endings it looks much better :) >>> >>> Lee >>> >> Oh!! O.K., I'll have to try to locate a downloadable for

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-21 Thread Daniel
Daniel wrote on 21/08/2018 7:32 PM: Lee wrote on 21/08/2018 4:59 AM: On 8/20/18, Daniel wrote: Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-21 Thread Daniel
Richard Owlett wrote on 20/08/2018 9:03 PM: On 08/20/2018 01:28 AM, Daniel wrote: Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: open the bookmarks manager and select Tools / Export HTML Yeap, did the exporting and ended with a bunch of gobble-de-gook!! I'm using

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-21 Thread Daniel
Lee wrote on 21/08/2018 4:59 AM: On 8/20/18, Daniel wrote: Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-20 Thread Lee
On 8/20/18, Daniel wrote: > Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: >> On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: >>> Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: Richard Owlett wrote: > My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and > the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals:

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-20 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/20/2018 01:28 AM, Daniel wrote: Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: open the bookmarks manager and select Tools / Export HTML Yeap, did the exporting and ended with a bunch of gobble-de-gook!! I'm using SeaMonkey 2.49.1 {downloaded from the SeaMonkey site}

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-20 Thread Daniel
Lee wrote on 20/08/2018 3:59 AM: On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-19 Thread Lee
On 8/19/18, Daniel wrote: > Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> My bookmarks have grown like Topsy >>> I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. >>> I have two primary goals: >>> 1. find and purge duplicates. >>> 2. move folders around to

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-19 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/18/2018 09:18 PM, Paul Bergsagel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals:   1. find and purge duplicates.   2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-19 Thread GerardJan
Paul Bergsagel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals:   1. find and purge duplicates.   2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying several approaches and

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-19 Thread Daniel
Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM: Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals:   1. find and purge duplicates.   2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

2018-08-18 Thread Paul Bergsagel
Richard Owlett wrote: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying several approaches and looking for useful

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-18 Thread GerardJan
Lee wrote: On 8/18/18, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: [snip] Have made progress :] BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey unlikely :[ Bookmarks / Manage Bookmarks Tools / Restore /

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/18/2018 09:51 AM, Lee wrote: On 8/18/18, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: [snip] Have made progress :] BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey unlikely :[ Bookmarks / Manage

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-18 Thread Lee
On 8/18/18, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: >>> [snip] >>> Have made progress :] >>> BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey >>> unlikely :[ Bookmarks / Manage Bookmarks Tools / Restore /

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/18/2018 04:50 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: [snip] Have made progress :] BUT creating useful output in JSON format acceptable to SeaMonkey unlikely :[ Boo! Hiss!! That's life ;/ HOWEVER I expect I'll be able to create a HTML file which can serve

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-18 Thread Daniel
Richard Owlett wrote on 18/08/2018 1:44 PM: On 08/09/2018 02:49 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 9/08/2018 4:09 AM: On 08/08/2018 09:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/08/2018 08:34 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/09/2018 02:49 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 9/08/2018 4:09 AM: On 08/08/2018 09:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/08/2018 08:34 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-09 Thread Daniel
Richard Owlett wrote on 9/08/2018 4:09 AM: On 08/08/2018 09:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/08/2018 08:34 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1.

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/08/2018 09:41 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 08/08/2018 08:34 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-08 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/08/2018 08:34 AM, Daniel wrote: Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure.

Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-08 Thread Daniel
Richard Owlett wrote on 8/08/2018 10:38 PM: My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying several approaches and

Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks?

2018-08-08 Thread Richard Owlett
My bookmarks have grown like Topsy I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess. I have two primary goals: 1. find and purge duplicates. 2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure. After trying several approaches and looking for useful tools I found jq