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Organize Bookmarks: I want to rename a batch of ~100 bookmarks with search-replace

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IrelandsNextTopModel
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Organize Bookmarks: . I want to rename a batch of ~100 bookmarks . changing words in the "name" field with search-replace . Please (a) tell me a work-around, or (b) program a plugin for a more advanced bookmarks editor. . thanks a lot!

Organize Bookmarks: . I want to rename a batch of ~100 bookmarks . changing words in the "name" field with search-replace . Please (a) tell me a work-around, or (b) program a plugin for a more advanced bookmarks editor. . thanks a lot!

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cor-el
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You will have to export the bookmarks to an HTML file and edit that file to make the change. You need to remove all existing bookmarks before re-importing that changed file or you will have to remove all duplicates. If all the bookmarks that need to be changed are in one folder then you can remove the other bookmarks while editing.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox