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MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:31 am
by MX-16_fan
@all:
I have some vCard files here and would like to merge them into one. Amazingly it seems to be difficult to find a simple tool that can do this.
Any ideas?
A tool with a GUI would be preferred. Console applications would be second choice, command line would be third choice.
Greetings, and thanks in advance for any hint, Joe
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:52 pm
by spanizdogs
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:19 pm
by MX-16_fan
@spanizdogs:
Thanks, there's some somewhat useful match among these.
Short comments on the links:
PIMSort: "
Status: Beta", version number: 0.1, source code only, no website, apparently from 2008
-> not too useful.
vcardtools: Description: "Automatically fix, split, normalize, group and merge/deduplicate vCard and VCF files (even large ones).". Restrictions: "... outputs only vCard 3.0 format", "accept[s only] 2.1 and 3.0 vCard format", not in
MX-18.1's (Debian's) repos
-> of some use.
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook: Works
only in combination with Thunderbird, only
beta version available for
Thunderbird versions > 2.0.
-> not too useful.
Greetings, Joe
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:17 pm
by spanizdogs
MX-16_fan wrote: Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:19 pm
@spanizdogs:
Thanks, there's some somewhat useful match among these.
Short comments on the links:
PIMSort: "
Status: Beta", version number: 0.1, source code only, no website, apparently from 2008
-> not too useful.
vcardtools: Description: "Automatically fix, split, normalize, group and merge/deduplicate vCard and VCF files (even large ones).". Restrictions: "... outputs only vCard 3.0 format", "accept[s only] 2.1 and 3.0 vCard format", not in
MX-18.1's (Debian's) repos
-> of some use.
MoreFunctionsForAddressBook: Works
only in combination with Thunderbird, only
beta version available for
Thunderbird versions > 2.0.
-> not too useful.
Greetings, Joe
Thanks .... :)
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:37 pm
by spanizdogs
Hi Joe,
Its a while ago i visit the forum, to see your reaction. Thanks for adding the info.
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:38 pm
by spanizdogs
haha i reacted allready, anyway the message is clear. :)
Re: MX-18.1: Simple (GUI-based) tool for merging vCard ("VCF") files?
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 7:50 pm
by MX-16_fan
@spanizdogs:
spanizdogs wrote: Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:37 pm
Hi Joe,
Its a while ago i visit the forum, to see your reaction. Thanks for adding the info.
You're welcome.
Bottom line would be that
it would make sense to (at least) have vcardtools available in the MX Test Repo - at least until some GUI solution is available.
Maybe you'd like to file a package request for
vcardtools?
Greetings, Joe