---
name: "med2bib"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cb2bib"
version: "2.0.1-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/med2bib"
---

# med2bib(1)

script to convert Pubmed format files to BibTeX format files

## NAME

med2bib - script to convert Pubmed format files to BibTeX format files

## SYNOPSIS

**med2bib** \<input.med\> \<output.bib\>

## DESCRIPTION

**med2bib** is a script to convert a Pubmed-format file into a BibTeX-format file. The conversion is a two step process: the Pubmed-format file is first converted into an XML-format file; that XML-format file is in turn converted into the BibTeX-format file (both utilities are shipped in the **bibutils** package).

This script is part of the **cb2bib** package and is located at */usr/share/cb2bib/c2btools/med2bib*.

## BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES TO BE CITED

P. Constans (2009) "A simple extraction procedure for bibliographical author field", arXiv:0902.0755.

P. Constans (2007) "Approximate textual retrieval", arXiv:0705.0751.

## SEE ALSO

[**cb2bib**(1)](/cb2bib/1.md), [**bib2pdf**(1)](/bib2pdf/1.md), [**isi2bib**(1)](/isi2bib/1.md), [**ris2bib**(1)](/ris2bib/1.md)

## AUTHORS

**Filippo Rusconi** \<lopippo@debian.org\> basing the writing on previous work by **Pere Constans** \<constans@molspaces.com\>.

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  Program and man page (for the Debian distribution) author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009,2017 Filippo Rusconi

This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. On a Debian system the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 3 can be found in the file *\`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'*.