xbel_parse(1)

xbel_parse1

A simple utility to convert xbel files to a bookmark file

Usage

xbel_parse OPTION

Overview

The XML Bookmark Exchange Language, or XBEL, is an Internet "bookmarks" interchange format. xbel_parse parses XBEL files and generates a valid bookmark file for the specified browser.

Usage

xbel_parse only reads from stdin. In addition, one of the following options must be specified. The output is printed to stdout.

Options

You must specify one of the following options:

--opera

Generate a bookmark file for Opera

--netscape

Generate a bookmark file for Netscape

--msie

Generate a bookmark file for Internet Explorer

--lynx [directory]

Generate a bookmark file for Lynx, and optionally write the file to the specified directory

--xbel

Generate XBEL file

Examples

$> ns_parse nsbookmarks xbel.file
$> cat xbel.file | xbel_parse --netscape > nsbookmarks.2

Requires

Python

Releases

5 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0–5.0

--lynx since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --msie since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --netscape since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --opera since Debian 3.0 (Woody); --xbel since Debian 3.0 (Woody).

Author

Python XML Special Interest Group (XML-SIG)

This man-page was written by Jan Schaumann <[email protected]> as part of "The Missing Man Pages Project". Please see http://www.netmeister.org/misc/m2p2/index.html for details.

From xbel-utils 0.8.4-10.1+lenny1 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.