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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Fixing corrupted vcard files. Post 302247221 by dotancohen on Wednesday 15th of October 2008 07:49:08 AM

10-15-2008

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Thanks. I'm going through the docs as we speak. Perl is _complicated_! That does not seem to be my own opinion, either. Googling some example leads me to lots of frustrated people!

In any case, I probably should have posted the entire vcard file. Here it is, along with the results of the code:

Code:

hardy2@hardy2-laptop:~/test$ cat test.vcf
BEGIN:VCARD
FN:First Last
N:Last;First;;;
NOTE;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:First Line.\nThe Second Line i
 s long so that it will wrap. Long\, long\, and wrapping!=\n\nThird Line.\n
UID:frh74xvYZ9
VERSION:2.1
END:VCARD

BEGIN:VCARD
FN;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=D7=90=D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=98=D
 7=99 =D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=97=D7=94
N;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=97=D7=94;=D
 7=90=D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=98=D7=99;;;
NOTE;CHARSET=UTF-8;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=A
 8=D7=90=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A0=D7=94.\n=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7=94 =D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=
 99=D7=94 =D7=94=D7=99=D7=90 =D7=\n=90=D7=A8=D7=95=D7=9B=D7=94\, =D7=9B=D7=9
 3=D7=99 =D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8=D7=90=\n =D7=90=D7=95=D7=AA=D7=94 =D7=92=D7=95=D
 7=9C=D7=A9=D7=AA. =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=\n=95=D7=9B=D7=94\, =D7=90=D7=A8=D7=95=D7
 =9B=D7=94\, =D7=95=D7=92=D7=95=D7=9C=\n=D7=A9=D7=AA!\n=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7
 =94 =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=99=D7=A9=D7=99=D7=AA.\n
UID:KqbQKbfBaF
VERSION:2.1
END:VCARD

hardy2@hardy2-laptop:~/test$ perl -pi.bak -e 'BEGIN { $/=""; } s/\n //gm' *.vcf
hardy2@hardy2-laptop:~/test$ cat test.vcf
BEGIN:VCARD
FN:First Last
N:Last;First;;;
s long so that it will wrap. Long\, long\, and wrapping!=\n\nThird Line.\ni
UID:frh74xvYZ9
VERSION:2.1
END:VCARD

BEGIN:VCARD
7=99 =D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=97=D7=94INTABLE:=D7=90=D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=98=D
7=90=D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=98=D7=99;;;ABLE:=D7=9E=D7=A9=D7=A4=D7=97=D7=94;=D
=94 =D7=A9=D7=9C=D7=99=D7=A9=D7=99=D7=AA.\nA9=D7=AA!\n=D7=A9=D7=95=D7=A8=D7
UID:KqbQKbfBaF
VERSION:2.1
END:VCARD

hardy2@hardy2-laptop:~/test$

As can be easily seen, the lines still wrap, and worse, critical parts of the file are destroyed. I have been playing around with the line of code, but it is slow going and I could really use a hand with this. I do appreciate your patience and willingness to teach a noob.

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evolution-addressbook-export

evolution-addressbook-export(1) 				   User Commands				   evolution-addressbook-export(1)

NAME

       evolution-addressbook-export - export local address book from Ximian Evolution, Sun Microsystems Edition

SYNOPSIS

       evolution-addressbook-export  [--async] [--format=[vcard|csv]] [--help] [--list-addressbook-folders] [--output=output-file] [--size=number]
       [--usage] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

       Export the local address book to a file.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --async		       Export in asynchronous mode. You can also use -a to specify this option.

       --format=[vcard|csv]    Specify the export format:  virtual card (vcard) or comma-separated value (csv).

       --help		       Display help text. You can also use -? to specify this option.

       --list-addressbook-foldeList the local address-book folders. You can also use -l to specify this option.

       --output=output-file    Specify the name of the output file to store the exported information. If no output file is specified, the exported
			       information is sent to standard output.

       --size=number	       Specify the number of cards in one output file in asychronous mode. The default value is 100.

       --usage		       Display brief usage text.

       --version	       Display version information.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Exporting Local Address Book in Asynchronous Mode and Vcard Format to contacts.vcf

       example% evolution-addressbook-export -a --format=vcard --output=contacts.vcf

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       1	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/evolution-addressbook-export

	   Executable to export Evolution local address book

       $HOME/evolution

	   Per-user configuration files and local storage for Evolution

       $HOME/evolution/mail/account/folders

	   Temporary files for Evolution mail

       $HOME/evolution/sunone/account/folders

	   Temporary files for Evolution Sun ONE account

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |SPARC			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWevo			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT safe with Exceptions	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Ximian Evolution Sun Microsystems Edition User Guide

       evolution(1), evolution-address-import(1)

NOTES

       Written by Steven Zhang, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.

SunOS 5.10							    15 Apr 2004 				   evolution-addressbook-export(1)