Need drastic surgery on Firefox Bookmarks

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 02:21:40PM -0700, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I've used Firefox and various bookmark-management software for a long
> time.  I've been lax about maintaining those bookmarks.  Now I need to
> get them under control, and I need help -- advice mostly.
> 
> The problem is basically that there are too many, largely but not
> solely because of duplication of large groups of them.  When Firefox
> backs them up, the result is an 8MB(!) JSON file.  As a result, the
> editing process now is painfully slow.  I do not have any editor for
> JSON other than the Firefox internals.  Vim is my usual editor, but it
> seems unsuited to the task.
> 
> Any ideas?

Have you tried bookmarks -> organize bookmarks -> import and backup ->
export HTML? You can open that in FF and edit it....or are you just
wanting to organize them into folders?

-- 
Bob Holtzman
If you think you're getting free lunch, 
check the price of the beer.
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