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NBIBFIND(1) General Commands Manual NBIBFIND(1) NAME
nbibfind - find bibliography entries for BibTeX or NbibTeX SYNOPSIS
nbibfind [-terse|-full|-bib] query [bibname...] DESCRIPTION
nbibfind searches for BibTeX entries using the same query algorithm as NbibTeX. If the optional list of bibnames is given, it searches only those bibliographies; otherwise, it searches all bibliographies on the user's BIBINPUTS (or on the standard system path). The lan- guage of query is that of nbibtex(1). OPTIONS
-terse Print a one-line summary of each matched entry (the default). -full Print a longer summary of each matched entry, including full authors, year, and title, possibly spread over multiple lines. -bib Print each entry in a form suitable for including in a .bib file. EXAMPLES
nbibfind author=knuth:series=art-programming:volume=2 nbibfind knuth:seminumerical personal.bib nbibfind harper-moggi:phase nbibfind :essence-algol nbibfind :essence-functional QUERY LANGUAGE
The query language is that of nbibtex(1). A query consists of a sequence of one or more constraints separated by colons. A constraint may be empty. A nonempty constraint is of the form key=words, where key is the name of a field in the NbibTeX entry and words is a sequence of one or more words separated by dashes. The contraint is satisfied if every word in words is found in the field named by key. (The key may also be [type], which matches agains the type of the entry, or *, which looks for words in any field.) As a convenience, keys may be defaulted in up to three constraints. In the first constraint, the default key is author. In the second constraint, the default key is year if words is all digits, and is title otherwise. In the third constraint, the default key is year if words is all digits, and is [type] otherwise. To match a word in words, nbibfind uses the Boyer-Moore string-matching algorithm, so longer words are usually faster. ENVIRONMENT
For .bib files, nbibfind uses the BIBINPUTS environment variable if that is set, otherwise the default. For details of the searching, see tex(1) and kpsewhich(1). SEE ALSO
nbibtex(1), latex(1), tex(1), kpsewhich(1), bibtex(1). Leslie Lamport, LaTeX - A Document Preparation System, Addison-Wesley, 1985, ISBN 0-201-15790-X. AUTHOR
Norman Ramsey, Harvard University. 4 May 2006 NBIBFIND(1)
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BIBTOOL(1) General Commands Manual BIBTOOL(1) NAME
BibTool - BibTeX file manipulation tool SYNOPSIS
bibtool [options] [files] DESCRIPTION
This manual is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for BibTool can be found in the BibTool Manual. BibTeX provides an easy to use means to integrate citations and bibliographies into LaTeX documents. But the user is left alone with the management of the BibTeX files. BibTool is intended to fill this gap. BibTool allows the manipulation of BibTeX files which goes beyond the possibilities - and intentions - of BibTeX. BibTool manipulates BibTeX database files through the command line front-end bibtool which accepts numerous options. Modifications are performed through resource instructions that allow the modification of the various internal parameters determining the behavior of BibTool; resource instructions can be grouped in resource files. The original BibTool distribution contains a sufficient set of resource file sam- ples to perform basic, relevant manipulations. OPTIONS
bibtool accepts the following options. Resource files -R Immediately evaluate the instructions from the default resource file. -r rsc_file Immediately evaluate the instructions from the resource file rsc_file. -- rsc_cmd Evaluate the resource instruction rsc_cmd. Input file -i bib_file Add the BibTeX database file bib_file to the list of input files. If -i omitted the file name may not start with a -. If absent stdin is taken to read from. Input files should follow the bibtex(1) conventions. Output file -o output_file Direct output to the file output_file. If absent the output is directed to stdout. Status reporting -q Suppress warnings. Errors can not be suppressed. -v Enable informative messages on the activities of BibTool. Sorting -s Enable sorting of entries. -S Enable sorting of entries in reverse order. -A type Determine key disambuguation; type in 0, a, A. Selecting items -x aux_file Extract the entries from the auxiliary (.aux) LaTeX aux_file file. -X regex Select certain entries according to the regular expression regex. -c Turn on the additional selection of crossreferenced entries. Key generation -f key_format Set the specification for key generation to key_format. -F Turn on key generation. -k Generate short format keys. -K Generate long format keys. Semantic checks -d Find and mark (or delete) entries with identical sort keys. Strings/Macros -m mac_file Write the macro definitions to the file mac_file (- is stdout). -M mac_file Write the used macro definitions to the file mac_file (- is stdout). Getting help -h Print short help and exit. -V Print version and exit. Statistics -# Print statistics about all known entry types (long). -@ Print statistics about the used entry types only (short). ENVIRONMENT
BIBINPUTS Search path for BibTeX database (.bib) files. BIBTOOL Search path for BibTool resource (.rsc) files. BIBTOOLRSC List of resource file names separated by colon. FILES
./.bibtoolrsc The default current directory BibTool resource file. ~/.bibtoolrsc The default individual BibTool resource file. /usr/share/bibtool/*.rsc The BibTool resource files included in the original distribution. /usr/share/doc/bibtool/bibtool.pdf The BibTool Manual. /usr/share/doc/bibtool/ref_card.pdf The BibTool Quick Reference Card. SEE ALSO
bibtex(1), latex(1), tex(1) The BibTool Manual. BUGS
Some arrays are allocated statically which may result in an overflow. Most memory is allocated but not returned to the OS: A garbage collection algorithm might be integrated in a future release. This man page is updated only occasionally, so it is very likely out of date. For complete, current documentation, refer to the BibTool Manual which is distributed as LaTeX source file (bibtool.tex) in the original BibTool source distribution. AUTHOR
BibTool is designed and maintained by Gerd Neugebauer. Debian 24 February 2012 BIBTOOL(1)