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Bookmarks.txt: A Plain Text File Format for URL Storage

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secwang

9mo ago· 3 min readenCode

Summary

bookmarks.txt is a concept for storing URLs in plain text files with a simple format. It supports both global bookmarks in the home directory and local bookmarks in specific directories. The format stores one URL per line with optional titles separated by a single space, providing a minimalist approach to bookmark management.

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bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping bookmarks in plain text files
Bookmarked URLs are stored in files named bookmarks.txt
URLs are stored one per line and could be accompanied with optional titles
A "global" bookmarks file is located in the home directory ($HOME/bookmarks.txt)
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bookmarks.txt is a concept of keeping URLs in plain text files. - soulim/bookmarks.txt

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