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

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