Can i replace the contacts in iCloud and on my phone with those on my computer?

When I enable iCloud on my iPhone 5 the contacts from my address book (Mac OS X)  are merged with those on my iPhone, creating multiple entries.  I have tried merging duplicates, but it resolved only some of the problems.  Now I am seeing all of the updates from my computer added to those on my phone instead of replacing information I have updated.  For example, in some entries I see the correct address (sometimes more than once) as well as the old address I replaced on my computer (sometimes more than once).  I tried "replacing the information on this phone" when I synched, but the problem persists.  I want to use iCloud to sync my contacts, but I don't want to merge with iCloud, I want to replace the iCloud data with the data on my computer.

Step 1 - save VCF file of contacts on your computer
Step 2 - Delete contacts in icloud.com
Step 3 import VCF in icloud.com
Step 4 make only icloud contacts visible on iphone by going to contacts -groups and take checkmarks out of everything but icloud.
Step 5 make icloud your default contacts from now on. Settings - mail contacts and calendars - contacts - default contacts.

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