bibtextools 0.4.0

Description:

bibtextools 0.4.0

BibTeX Tools



This repository contains a collection of functions that might be helpful when
working with BibTeX files (*.bib).
The main purpose is to clean up bib files such that match the format for the
biblatex package.
Usage
Right now, the following functions are available

Modernizing bib files: modernize
Cleaning bib files: clean
Combining bib files: combine

Use bibtex-tools --help to list the possible commands and bibtex-tools <command> --help to list the possible options for the sub-command <command>.
Modernizing Bib Files
The command bibtex-tools modernize allows to update the format of several
fields in a bib-file. This includes replacing the deprecated month strings
with the proper number entry, e.g., month=jan --> month={1}. There also is
an option to download information from arXiv, if the eprint field is
available.
Example
If you want to add all relevant information from arXiv (with existing eprint
field) in your bib file literature.bib, you could use the following command
bibtex-tools modernize --arxiv literature.bib

Cleaning Bib Files
The command bibtex-tools clean allows to clean a bib-files. This includes
replacing unicode characters by the LaTeX version. It is also possible to pass
an additional file containing abbreviations, e.g., the IEEEabbr.bib file that
is often used by authors publishing in IEEE journals.
Example
If you want to remove the fields abstract and isbn from your bib file
literature.bib, you could use the following command
bibtex-tools clean -r abstract isbn literature.bib

Combining Bib Files
The command bibtex-tools combine allows combining multiple bib-files into a
single one. By default, it automatically renames duplicate entry IDs that
might occur after merging the files.
Example
If you want to combine the files 1.bib, 2.bib, and 3.bib into a single
file called literature.bib, you can use the following command
bibtex-tools combine -o literature.bib 1.bib 2.bib 3.bib

Installation
You can install the package from PyPI using
pip3 install bibtextools

You can also install the (possibly unstable) development version from the Git
repository using
git clone https://github.com/klb2/bibtex-tools
cd bibtex-tools
git checkout dev # if you want to checkout the development version
pip3 install . # you can use the -e option to track changes