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.TH pybtex-format 1 "2017-01-20" "0.21" "Pybtex"

.SH "NAME"
pybtex-format - format bibliography database as human-readable text
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B "pybtex\-format"
[
.I "options"
]
.I "in_filename"
.I "out_filename"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
pybtex\-format formats bibliography database as human\-readable text.
.SH "GENERAL OPTONS"
.TP
.B "\-\-version"
show program's version number and exit
.TP
.B "\-h, \-\-help"
show this help message and exit
.TP
.B "\-\-strict"
turn warnings into errors
.TP
.B "\-f FORMAT, \-\-bibliography\-format=FORMAT"
bibliograpy format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)
.TP
.B "\-b BACKEND, \-\-output\-backend=BACKEND"
output backend (docutils, html, latex, markdown, plaintext)
.TP
.B "\-\-min\-crossrefs=NUMBER"
include item after NUMBER crossrefs; default 2
.TP
.B "\-\-keyless\-bibtex\-entries"
allow BibTeX entries without keys and generate unnamed\-<number> keys for them
.TP
.B "\-s STYLE, \-\-style=STYLE"
bibliography formatting style
.SH "PYTHONIC STYLE OPTIONS"
.TP
.B "\-\-label\-style=STYLE"
label formatting style (alpha, number)
.TP
.B "\-\-name\-style=STYLE"
name formatting style (lastfirst, plain)
.TP
.B "\-\-sorting\-style=STYLE"
sorting style (author_year_title, none)
.TP
.B "\-\-abbreviate\-names"
use abbreviated name formatting style
.SH "ENCODING OPTIONS"
.TP
.B "\-e ENCODING, \-\-encoding=ENCODING"
default encoding
.TP
.B "\-\-input\-encoding=ENCODING"
.TP
.B "\-\-output\-encoding=ENCODING"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.UR https://pybtex.org/
.BR https://pybtex.org/