NAME

pybtex - BibTeX-compatible bibliography processor in Python

SYNOPSIS

pybtex [ options ] auxfile.aux

DESCRIPTION

Pybtex reads citation information from a LaTeX .aux file and produces a formatted bibliography. Pybtex understands BibTeX .bib and .bst style files and can be used as a drop-in replacement for BibTeX.

Besides BibTeX .bib files, BibTeXML and YAML bibliography files are supported.

It is also possible to define bibliography formatting styles in Python.

GENERAL OPTONS

--version: show program's version number and exit
-h, --help: show this help message and exit
--strict: turn warnings into errors
--terse: ignored for compatibility with BibTeX
--min-crossrefs=NUMBER: include item after NUMBER crossrefs; default 2
-f FORMAT, --bibliography-format=FORMAT: bibliograpy format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)
-b BACKEND, --output-backend=BACKEND: output backend (html, latex, markdown, plaintext)
-s STYLE, --style=STYLE: bibliography formatting style
-l LANGUAGE, --style-language=LANGUAGE: style definition language to use (bibtex or python)

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
--bibtex-encoding=ENCODING
--bst-encoding=ENCODING
--output-encoding=ENCODING