---
name: "bookmark_merge"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bookmark-merge"
version: "0.9-2"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bookmark_merge"
---

# bookmark\_merge(1)

merge bookmark files

## NAME

bookmark\_merge — merge bookmark files

## SYNOPSIS

**bookmark\_merge** \[-m**NS,MO,IE**\]  \[ master-file\]  \[-s**NS,MO,IE**\]  \[ slave-file\]

## DESCRIPTION

merge  is  a  Perl  script  that merges Netscape, Mozilla and Internet  Explorer  bookmark  files.  Note  that only certain versions of IE use  bookmark files.

## USAGE

\> merge -m\[NS,MO,IE\] master-file -s\[NS,MO,IE\] slave-file

Any combination of bookmark files is okay. The output type will be the  same  as  the master type. Only URLs are compared; if they match, only  the  master  copy is kept. The directory structure is kept intact. The  resulting  bookmarkfile  is  printed  to  stdout,  so  you'll  want to  redirect it to a file.

For example:

\> merge -mNS bookmarks.html -sIE Favorites.html \> newbookmarks.html

would  merge  a  master  Netscape  file called "bookmarks.html" with a  slave  IE  file  called  "Favorites.html" and write the merged file to  "newbookmarks.html".

## AUTHOR

Merge (bookmark\_merge) is written by Jeremy Buchmann.  See  /usr/share/doc/bookmark\_merge for contact information.

This manual page was written by andrewl andrewl@debian.org for  the **Debian** system (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under  the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any   later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public  License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.