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check-phone-format

Find phone numbers not in the standard +CC-NUMBER format.

The expected format is: +<country code>-<digits> with exactly one dash separating the country code from the number, and no other separators. Examples:

  • +972-505665636 (Israel)
  • +1-5551234567 (US)
  • +7-9268335991 (Russia)
  • +44-2079460958 (UK)

Usage

rscontacts check-phone-format
rscontacts check-phone-format --fix
rscontacts check-phone-format --fix --country 972
rscontacts check-phone-format --fix --dry-run

Flags

FlagDescription
--fixReformat phone numbers to +CC-NUMBER
--dry-runShow changes without applying
--country <CODE>Default country code for numbers without one (default: 972)

Country Code Detection

When fixing, rscontacts uses a built-in table of ITU country codes to correctly detect the country code length. For example, +79268335991 is correctly split as +7-9268335991 (Russia, 1-digit code) rather than +792-68335991.

What Gets Fixed

  • Missing dash: +972505665636 → +972-505665636
  • Extra dashes: +972-50-5665636 → +972-505665636
  • Spaces: +972 50 566 5636 → +972-505665636
  • 00 prefix: 00972505665636 → +972-505665636
  • No country code: 0505665636 → +972-505665636 (using --country)

Non-numeric phone entries (e.g., “VIVINO RLZ”) are skipped.