• Language: Perl
• Written: 2010
• Requirements: Perl, a Wammu data file

A lil script to convert a wammu export file to a csv file

Yes, this post is indeed about a Quick and Dirty tool to "Convert a Wammu backup file to a .csv" ready for gMail import. I dicked around with the wammu.backup file to get it to plain text for reference and then figured Id better write some quick perl to get it to a .csv so I could import that into my gMail account. Since my Android phone automagically synchronizes with my gMail contacts (gotta love it)

Importing a .csv into gMail is really simple. Login and click "Contacts" (Left sidebar), click "Import" (on top of the contacts list to the right) and import it using the menu. I imported slightly over 260 contacts and decided it was a bad idea seconds later since I now have a lot of work to sort those out. Thats a pain in the arse. And Im not sure why, but the find duplicates doesnt find nearly half of them. Apparently it doesnt compare the phone nrs. Probably something to do with false positives.. Cool option though.. I DID import them into a separate category and that does help! Beats doing them by hand..

So get the Code, check out how it all works & enjoy!