CFFCONVERT(1)

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version 2.0.0 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 CFFCONVERT 💖

okay so bestie, gather round, because this is cffconvert, the manual page for version 2.0.0 of cffconvert, and it is genuinely iconic. It's a User Command. It does one job and it does it cute. ✨

If you've got a CITATION.cff file (you know, the lil citation file that says who made your software and how people should credit you 🫶) and you want it in literally any other citation format? That's this. That's the whole vibe.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

cffconvert [OPTIONS]

That's it. That's the whole entrance. No subcommands, no positional arguments, just you, your options, and your dreams. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -i, --infile PATH — the path to your CITATION.cff input file, aka the main character. If you skip this option entirely, it just goes ahead and uses ./CITATION.cff, so if your file is already sitting right there in the current directory with that exact name, you don't even have to say anything. lowkey thoughtful of it.
  • -o, --outfile PATH — the path to the output file. Where your freshly converted citation gets written. 🦋
  • -f, --format [apalike|bibtex|cff|codemeta|endnote|ris|schema.org|zenodo] — the output format. Pick your fighter: apalike, bibtex, cff, codemeta, endnote, ris, schema.org, or zenodo. Eight options, all valid, all slay.
  • -u, --url TEXT — a URL pointing at the CITATION.cff input file. So instead of a local path, you're grabbing it from the internet like the resourceful queen you are. 🌈
  • -h, --help — show help and exit. The classic. When in doubt, ask for help, bestie, that's self care. 💜
  • --show-trace — show error trace. So when something goes wrong (and sometimes it does 😭) you get the full trace instead of just a sad little message.
  • --validate — validate the CITATION.cff file and exit. It checks your file and then peaces out. No conversion, just vibes and verification. ✅
  • --version — print version and exit. Just tells you what version you're running and dips. 👑
ngl there are no examples, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no file paths beyond the ones listed, no bugs, no authors, no copyright, and no SEE ALSO in this page. I checked. This is the entire thing, fr fr. Don't come for me. 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this manual page for cffconvert 2.0.0 was served up in September 2025, and honestly? she ate. go convert some citations. mwah 💋💖✨

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