Created after CB discussion about switching from Opera to Mozilla.

Place "Opera6.adr" in same directory. The generated NS bookmark file is printed to STDOUT.

use strict;
use Netscape::Bookmarks;

my %imports;

open(my $fh, "Opera6.adr") or die;
$/ = undef;
my $file = <$fh>;
$/ = "\n";
close($fh);

my @folders = split(/\n-\n/, $file);
foreach my $folder (@folders){
    next if $folder =~ /^\s+$/;
    my $folder_name;
    if($folder =~ /#FOLDER\n\tNAME=(.+)\n/){
        $folder_name = $1;
    }
    else{
        $folder_name = "rootfolder1234";
    }
    my @links = split(/\n\n#URL\n\t/, $folder);
    foreach(@links){
        if(/NAME=/){
            /NAME=(.+)\n\tURL=(.+)\n/;
            next if $1 eq '';
            $imports{$folder_name}->{$1} = $2;
        }
        else{ next; }
    }
}

my $bookmarks = Netscape::Bookmarks->new;

foreach my $folder(sort keys %imports){

my $category = Netscape::Bookmarks::Category->new(
                {folded=>"0",
                title=>$folder,
                add_date=>"0",
                description=>""});
    my $links = $imports{$folder};
    foreach my $importlink (sort keys %$links){
        my $link = new Netscape::Bookmarks::Link{
            TITLE=>"$importlink",
            HREF=>"$imports{$folder}->{$importlink}",};
        if($folder eq 'rootfolder1234'){
            $bookmarks->add($link);
        }
        else{
            $category->add($link);
        }
    }
    if($folder ne 'rootfolder1234'){
        $bookmarks->add($category);
    }
}
print $bookmarks->as_string;

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John J Reiser
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