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    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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Can someone derive the folder recursive version of convert_url_files_to_bookmarks.sh which uses the folder structure as html headings...?
Thank you.