Get-Content combined.vcf | Select-Object -Unique | Out-File cleaned.vcf Use code with caution. On Mac / Linux (Terminal): Open and navigate to your folder. Run this command to merge and remove identical blocks:
Standard deduplication looks for 100% identical strings. However, real-world data is messy. Fuzzy logic solves complex scenarios: remove duplicate contacts from vcf files
Are the duplicates , or do they have different details for the same person? Get-Content combined
# 4. Write the clean file with open(output_file, 'w') as f: for vcard in contacts: f.write(vcard.serialize()) remove duplicate contacts from vcf files
Always copy your original VCF file to a secure folder before using any script or tool.
using vobject library:
print(f"Reduced to len(contacts) unique contacts.")