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Operating Systems BSD FF, about:config, storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite Post 302987050 by jim mcnamara on Sunday 4th of December 2016 06:02:22 AM
Old 12-04-2016
Databases do not always store data in plain text. Before you clobber another file like this, consider using a set of commands to ascertain more about the file.

Code:
f=places.sqlite
file $f
ls -l $f
od -c $f | more

For example, there may be ascii nul bytes in the file if it is binary, rather than text as you assume with the limited data you have on the file.

The file apparently is an index of some sort:
Restoring bookmarks from places.sqlite • mozillaZine Forums

Note there are other files that are associated with book marking, e.g., places.sqlite-shm
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NAME
bleachbit - Delete unnecessary files from the system SYNOPSIS
bleachbit bleachbit [options] cleaner.option1 [cleaner.option2 ...] DESCRIPTION
BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk. Rid your system of old clutter includ- ing cache, temporary files, cookies, and broken shortcuts. It wipes clean Bash, Beagle, Epiphany, Firefox, Flash, Java, KDE, Open- Office.org, Opera, RealPlayer, rpmbuild, VIM, XChat, and more. This is the command line interface for BleachBit. OPTIONS
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