pybtex(1)

💖 pybtex — the Pybtex manual, bestie 💖

okay so this is the Pybtex manual, and it's literally a BibTeX-compatible bibliography processor in Python. The vibe: you feed it LaTeX citation info, it gives you a formatted bibliography. Slay. 🦋

✨ 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. It understands BibTeX .bib and .bst style files and can be used as a drop-in replacement for BibTeX. No cap. 💅

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

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

⭐ GENERAL OPTONS ⭐

bestie, here's the full list — no skipping, no summarizing:

• --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 — bibliography 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 — original gives no extra description, just the flag itself, bestie
• --bst-encoding=ENCODING — same situation: no extra description in the original
• --output-encoding=ENCODING — also listed with no extra description

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The original has this section but gives no entries — so there's literally nothing listed here, bestie. 🫶

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