BibFormatter

BibFormatter is a program to clean up bib files.

Manual & Commands https://bibformatter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Features

Save capitals

Order keys

Order types

Format month

Format pages

Format DOI

Remove keys

Format URLs

Save special characters

Multi special character map support

Replace key

Replace value/Set value

Check for required keys

Create Key+Value

Create bib from aux file

Merge Bib files

Generate publisher key from DOI

Planned Features

Bib comment section

Load pre sets

Format Authors

Generate check file for required fields (i.e. bibtex_check_0.2.0)

Complete Debug

Info/Error Message System

Create bib from bcf file

Generate HTML info file

Ordinals to LaTeX superscript

RIS to BibTeX

HTML to BibTeX

Format into a canonical form

Requirements

You need Java to run this program.

Installation

OS X & Linux:

BibFormatter.jar

Windows:

run BibFormatter.jar
edit run.bat

Usage example

-jar BibFormatter.jar -b <bibFile> [<outputPath>] [-command [[+parameter] <arguments>] ...

A complete list of all commands can be found here: https://bibformatter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/commands.html

Release History

• 0.19.13
  • Add: Finished New Command System
• 0.19.12
  • Add: New Command System
  • Add: Ability to invert Types and Keys
  • Add: Override option on create Key
  • Fix: Various little things
  • Fix: JavaDoc
• 0.18.12
  • Add: Command to generate a publisher
• 0.17.12
  • Add: Command to Format DOIs
  • Add: Option to add every Type/Key in an argument (#)
  • Fix: JavaDoc
• 0.16.12
  • Add: Generate Doi publisher map
  • Fix: Various little things
  • Fix: JavaDoc
• 0.15.10
  • Add: Command to format urls
  • Fix: Added missing keys
• 0.14.9
  • Add: Command to order entries by a list of types
• 0.13.9
  • Add: Command to merge two bibliography files
• 0.12.9
  • Add: Option to generate bib file from aux file
  • Add: Option to add every entry from a bib file to another bib file if the BibTexKey is not already found.
• 0.11.9
  • Add: Option to create new keys and add a value
• 0.10.9
  • Add: Option to specify a save location
  • Add: Option to run multiple commands on multiple bib files
  • Fix: Various little things
• 0.9.8
  • Add: Command to export flawed entries as txt
• 0.8.8
  • Add: More powerful command system
• 0.7.7
  • Edit: Rewriting Command System
• 0.7.6
  • Add: Replace value option
• 0.7.5
  • Add: Replace key option
• 0.6.5
  • Add: Moved special character regEx to file
  • Fix: Special character map mismatch
• 0.6.4
  • Add: Multi special character map support
  • Fix: Error if no bib file found
• 0.4.3
  • Add: Required Fields generator
• 0.4.2
  • Add: Option to save special characters

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