AUX2BIB(1)

✨ AUX2BIB(1) ✨

ok so this is a page from the General Commands Manual, and bestie, it's a short one but it's so useful. Let's get into it 💖

💅 NAME 💅

AUX2BIB — extracts a BibTeX database according to an aux file.

like. it goes into your .aux file and pulls out exactly the bibliography entries you actually cited. main character behaviour, honestly 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

aux2bib <auxfile>

that's it. one argument. no flags, no drama, no twenty-seven options to scroll past. she's simple, she's efficient, she ate 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so here's the tea 🍓: Aux2bib reads a .aux file — the kind that LaTeX produces — and then writes a bibtex file to standard output.

And what goes in that bibtex file? Exactly the bibtex entries that were "refereed" in the aux file. No extras, no leftovers, no randos sneaking into your bibliography. Just the ones you actually cited. Periodt. ✨

ngl, the way to use this is to redirect that standard output somewhere, because she's printing to stdout, not writing a file for you. aux2bib mydoc.aux > mydoc.bib vibes 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• bibtex(1)
• latex(1)
• http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/
• /usr/share/doc/bibtex2html

go read those too, iykyk 📚

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Ralf Treinen <treinen@debian.org>

thank you for your service king 🫡💜

and that's the whole page, bestie! this was AUX2BIB(1) from the General Commands Manual — short, sweet, and iconic. now go cite something 💖✨🎀