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bibzbladd(1)

bibzbladd1

Add zbl numbers to papers in a given bib file

Usage

bibzbladd [-d] [-f] [{-e 1 | 0}] [-o output] [-p probability] [{-v | -q}] bib_file

Options

-d

Debug mode

-e

If 1 (default), add an empty zblnumber if a zbl cannot be found. This prevents repeated searches for the same entries if you add new entries to the file. Calling "-e 0" suppresses this behavior.

-f

Force searching for Zbl numbers even if the entry already has one.

-o output

Output file. If this option is not used, the name for the output file is formed by adding "_zbl" to the input file

-p probability

Zbmath.org now outputs a probability of match. We disregard the matches with the probability lower than probability. The default is 0.9

-v

Verbose mode (the default). Add to the output the intermediate results of zbl search

-q

Quiet mode. Do not add to the output the intermediate results of zbl search.

Overview

The script reads a BibTeX file. It checks whether the entries have Zbls. If not, it tries to find the numbers from Internet sites. The result is a BibTeX file with "zblnumber=..." fields added.

The name of the output file is either set by the -o option or is derived by adding the suffix "_zbl" to the output file.

See the "bibdoiadd" script for more details on the processing.

History

  • Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
  • Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)

-d since Debian 10 (Buster); -e since Debian 10 (Buster); -f since Debian 9 (Stretch); -p since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -q since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -v since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.

Author

Boris Veytsman

From texlive-doc 2026.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.