Convert XML to CSV the ugly way using Unix utilities

Posted by scrubs on Jul 21, 2012 10:20 PM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Bob Mesibov
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I recently wanted to export my email address book from Sylpheed email client and import it into my Gmail account. Unfortunately, Gmail wants to import contact lists as CSV files, and there isn't an export-address-book-to-csv feature in the otherwise wonderful Sylpheed. Worse, the Sylpheed address book is in XML format, and XML-to-CSV conversion isn't straightforward.

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