Backup Bookmarks and AutoFormFill data on Linux system

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Description of the issue:
I just started using Brave. I need to backup my bookmarks and auto fill form data. I’d rather not backup the entire directory:
~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Profile 1/
I need just to backup the few files that store the bookmarks and auto fill form data. None of the file names in the above directory seem to correspond to the data I’m looking for.
What are the file names?

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu):
Version 1.15.76 Chromium: 86.0.4240.111 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Ubuntu 20.04 5.4.0-52-generic #57-Ubuntu

Additional Information:
I plan to “restore” the backup data files to a second computer also running:
Ubuntu 20.04 5.4.0-52-generic #57-Ubuntu
For many years, I have successfully used this procedure to sync computers with different operating systems. In particular various versions of MacOs and distributions of Linux. Merely coping the entire application directory structure almost never works. Though I currently have the version of the same OS running on both computers, that may not be true in the future.

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for the bookmark you can go to
brave://bookmarks/

then on the right upper corner there 3 vertical dots click on it then export

for the password and saved login

go to
brave://settings/passwords

then export also

check also the sync option if you like to use it

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I was in the wrong profile directory. The correct directory is:
~/.config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/Default
And the “Bookmarks” file contains the bookmarks.
And the “Web Data” file contains form fill data.

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