Which linux command-line tool can view, search, add contacts to/from a .vcf file?

Question

I've downloaded my contact list in .vcf format to my Linux machine.

Now I would like to edit it locally (offline). The search feature is most important.

I've got a script with grep and so on but I was hoping someone had already done the work to make things beautiful and readable.

Answer 1

There are a number of console-based tools designed to process vCard files; I know of the following:

• Rolo, a full-screen address-book manager;
• Khard, a console-based CardDAV client (which works fine with locally-stored vCard files);
• mutt_vc_query, a simple querying tool for vCard files (designed for Mutt, but usable standalone).

Answer 2

Check vCard Studio, it has a good GUI:

Packages are available in a number of formats for different platforms, along with source code.