---
name: "msie_parse"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xbel-utils"
version: "0.8.4-10.1+lenny1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/msie_parse"
---

# msie\_parse(1)

a simple utility to convert MS Internet Explorer bookmarks to XBEL

## NAME

msie\_parse - a simple utility to convert MS Internet Explorer bookmarks to XBEL

## SYNOPSIS

**msie\_parse** *PATH-TO-FAVORITES*

## DESCRIPTION

The XML Bookmark Exchange Language, or XBEL, is an Internet "bookmarks" interchange format. **msie\_parse** parses Microsoft Internet Explorer bookmark files.

## USAGE

**msie\_parse** takes the path to your *FAVORITES* folder as input and prints the XBEL representation to stdout.

## REQUIRES

Python

## SEE ALSO

**[adr\_parse(1)](/adr_parse/1.md), [lynx\_parse(1)](/lynx_parse/1.md), [ns\_parse(1)](/ns_parse/1.md), [xbel\_parse(1)](/xbel_parse/1.md), [xbel2html(1)](/xbel2html/1.md)**

*http://pyxml.sourceforge.net/topics/xbel/*

## AUTHOR

Python XML Special Interest Group (XML-SIG)

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