Need drastic surgery on Firefox Bookmarks

[Steve Flynn]

On 20 October 2012 22:21, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've used Firefox and various bookmark-management software for a long
> time.  I've been lax about maintaining those bookmarks.  Now I need to
> get them under control, and I need help -- advice mostly.
>
> The problem is basically that there are too many, largely but not
> solely because of duplication of large groups of them.  When Firefox
> backs them up, the result is an 8MB(!) JSON file.  As a result, the
> editing process now is painfully slow.  I do not have any editor for
> JSON other than the Firefox internals.  Vim is my usual editor, but it
> seems unsuited to the task.
>
> Any ideas?

Install Xmarks. Let it remove the duplicates. It'll export what's left
as HTML, which you can edit easily.

-- 
Steve

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