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

# pybtex-format(1)

format bibliography database as human-readable text

## NAME

pybtex-format - format bibliography database as human-readable text

## SYNOPSIS

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

## DESCRIPTION

pybtex-format formats bibliography database as human-readable text.

## 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, --bibliography-format=FORMAT**

  bibliograpy format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)

- **-b BACKEND, --output-backend=BACKEND**

  output backend (html, latex, markdown, plaintext)

- **--min-crossrefs=NUMBER**

  include item after NUMBER crossrefs; default 2

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

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

- **-s STYLE, --style=STYLE**

  bibliography formatting style

## PYTHONIC STYLE OPTIONS

- **--label-style=STYLE**

  label formatting style (alpha, number)

- **--name-style=STYLE**

  name formatting style (lastfirst, plain)

- **--sorting-style=STYLE**

  sorting style (author\_year\_title, none)

- **--abbreviate-names**

  use abbreviated name formatting style

## ENCODING OPTIONS

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

  default encoding

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

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

  ## SEE ALSO

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