---
name: "pybtex-convert"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pybtex"
version: "0.24.0-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pybtex-convert"
---

# pybtex-convert(1)

convert between bibliography database formats

## NAME

pybtex-convert - convert between bibliography database formats

## SYNOPSIS

**pybtex-convert** \[ *options* \] *in\_filename* *out\_filename*

## DESCRIPTION

pybtex-convert converts bibliography database files between supported formats (currently BibTeX, BibTeXML and YAML).

## GENERAL OPTONS

- **--version**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-h, --help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--strict**

  turn warnings into errors

- **-f FORMAT, --from=FORMAT**

  input format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)

- **-t FORMAT, --to=FORMAT**

  output format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)

- **--keyless-bibtex-entries**

  allow BibTeX entries without keys and generate unnamed-\<number\> keys for them

- **--preserve-case**

  do not convert identifiers to lower case

## ENCODING OPTIONS

- **-e ENCODING, --encoding=ENCODING**

  default encoding

- **--input-encoding=ENCODING**

  - **--output-encoding=ENCODING**

  ## SEE ALSO

**https://pybtex.org/**