NAME

       jabref - graphical frontend to manage BibTeX databases

SYNOPSIS

       jabref [options] [bibtex-file]

DESCRIPTION

       JabRef is a graphical Java application for editing bibtex (.bib) databases. JabRef lets you organize your
       entries into overlapping logical groups, and with a single click limit your view to a single group or  an
       intersection  or  union  of  several  groups.  You  can customize the entry information shown in the main
       window, and sort by any of the standard Bibtex fields. JabRef  can  autogenerate  bibtex  keys  for  your
       entries. JabRef also lets you easily link to PDF or web sources for your reference entries.
       JabRef can import from and export to several formats, and you can customize export filters. JabRef can be
       run as a command line application to convert from any import format to any export format.

OPTIONS

       -a, --aux=<STRING>
              Subdatabase from aux: file[.aux],new[.bib]

       -b, --blank=<BOOLEAN>
              Do not open any files at startup

       -d, --prdef=<STRING>
              Reset preferences (key1,key2,... or 'all')

       -f, --fetch=<STRING>
              Run Fetcher, e.g. "--fetch=Medline:cancer"

       -h, --help=<BOOLEAN>
              Display help on command line options and a list of available import/export formats

       -i, --import=<STRING>
              Import file: filename[,import format]

       --importToOpen=<STRING>
              Import to open tab

       -l, --loads=<BOOLEAN>
              Load session

       -m, --exportMatches=<STRING>
              [field=]searchTerm,outputfile[,exportFormat]

       -n, --nogui=<BOOLEAN>
              No GUI. Only process command line options.

       -o, --output=<STRING>
              Output or export file: filename[,export format]

       -p, --primp=<STRING>
              Import preferences from file

       -s, --nosplash=<BOOLEAN>
              Do not show splash window at startup

       -v, --version=<BOOLEAN>
              Display version

       -x, --prexp=<STRING>
              Export preferences to file

EXAMPLES

       Export a selection of references:

       jabref -m '(author=bock or title|keywords="computer methods") and not
              (author=sager)',output.html,html -n true inputfile.bib

       For information referring to the search function see the documentation for 'advanced search'.
              Custom export formats can be added within the program (options - manage custom exports). Available
              export formats are listed by the help (jabref -h).

JAVA-WRAPPERS NOTE

       This  program  is  a  shell script wrapper based on java-wrappers(7).  You therefore benefit from several
       features; please see the java-wrappers(7) manual page for more information about them.

SEE ALSO

       the included help and commandline help: jabref -h
       http://jabref.sourceforge.net/
       java-wrappers(7)

AUTHOR

       jabref was written by Morten O. Alver and Nizar Batada.

       This manual page was written by gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but  may  be
       used by others).

CONTRIBUTORS

       Thanks to Martin Weis <martin.weis.newsadress@gmx.de> for his updates to this manual page.

                                                January 23, 2014                                       JABREF(1)