thanks mehulrajput! I'm having some trouble with the find/replace step - would you have a few minutes to help please? I created the all.vcf file, and here's an excerpt. (I snipped the details obviously for privacy). As you can see I don't have a "END VCARDBEGIN VCARD" string, it's different in each case. :::::::::::::: Abbey.vcf :::::::::::::: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 UID:1397 REV:2010-05-31T13:44:15Z TEL;TYPE=CELL,VOICE:+353 <snip> FN:Abbey N:Abbey;;;; END:VCARD:::::::::::::: Adrian Lynch.vcf :::::::::::::: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 UID:1398 REV:2010-05-31T13:44:15Z TEL;TYPE=CELL,VOICE:+353<snip> FN:Lynch\, Adrian N:Lynch;Adrian;;; END:VCARD:::::::::::::: Adrienne Mockler.vcf :::::::::::::: BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:3.0 UID:1399 REV:2010-05-31T13:44:15Z TEL;TYPE=CELL,VOICE:+353<snip> FN:Mockler\, Adrienne N:Mockler;Adrienne;;; END:VCARD On top of that I don't have (and can't seem to figure out how to get) notepad++ for my ubuntu. I have gedit and the doing find-replace with /n/n only adds in '/n/n' as opposed to adding in a new line. Any tips, please?