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De-duplicating/merging contacts in a .vcf file (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does anyone know how I can merge/deduplicate contacts in a .vcf vcard file?

A nice easy graphical option would be ace but I have some terminal experience if necessary. I've tried vcardtools.py but I couldn't work out how to use it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think I've found a workaround. In the Fossify Contacts app on my phone, in the settings I checked the box marked 'merge duplicate contacts'. I then used the AOSP Contacts app to export them as a .vcf which I imported into Thunderbird, which is now showing no duplicates. I don't know why the AOSP app is able to export without duplicates, even though it's the Fossify app which has the 'merge duplicate contacts' option but there you have it...