NAME

       pybtex-format - format bibliography database as human-readable text

SYNOPSIS

       pybtex-format [ options ] in_filename out_filename

DESCRIPTION

       pybtex-format formats bibliography database as human-readable text.

GENERAL OPTONS

       --version
              show program's version number and exit

       -h, --help
              show this help message and exit

       --strict
              turn warnings into errors

       -f FORMAT, --bibliography-format=FORMAT
              bibliograpy format (bibtex, bibtexml, yaml)

       -b BACKEND, --output-backend=BACKEND
              output backend (html, latex, markdown, plaintext)

       --min-crossrefs=NUMBER
              include item after NUMBER crossrefs; default 2

       --keyless-bibtex-entries
              allow BibTeX entries without keys and generate unnamed-<number> keys for them

       -s STYLE, --style=STYLE
              bibliography formatting style

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

       --input-encoding=ENCODING

       --output-encoding=ENCODING

SEE ALSO

       https://pybtex.org/