A command to convert text files into Address Book vCards
Sep 04, '03 08:15:00AM • Contributed by: bjast
Sep 04, '03 08:15:00AM • Contributed by: bjast
Here's a Unix Terminal command to convert tab-delimited phone lists into a vCard format for importing into Apple's Address Book, or any other vCard application. The phonesample doc can be named anything, but the format must be:
Powells Books [tab] 1-866-201-7601 Clark Lumbar [tab] 503-692-0200 William Sonoma [tab] 1-800-541-1262Note that there's simply a tab and no spaces between each of the above entries (spaces added above for readability). This command creates a 'Work' phone number. But that value can be changed to other acceptable phone titles: 'Mobile', 'Home,' etc. Here's the command:
awk -F\t ' {print "BEGIN:VCARD"; print "VERSION:3.0"; print "N:"$1;
print "TEL;type=WORK;type=pref:"$2; print "END:VCARD" $3; print $3 }'
sourcefile > newfile.vcf
The command is shown on three lines, but should be entered as one long line with a space replacing the two line breaks. Replace sourcefile with the path to the tab-delimited text file, and newfile.vcf with the name of the output file in VCF format. Make sure you use the .vcf extension, otherwise Address Book won't allow you to import the file.
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