pybtex-format(1)

pybtex-format1

Format bibliography database as human-readable text

Usage

pybtex-format [options] in_filename out_filename

Overview

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

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

Options

-e ENCODING, --encoding=ENCODING

default encoding

--input-encoding=ENCODING
--output-encoding=ENCODING

Releases

6 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 8
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  4. 11
  5. 12–13

From pybtex 0.24.0-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.