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/