Package: betterbib
Bibliography files are notoriously hard to work with. Betterbib contains
a number of easy-to-use command-line tools to help.betterbib convertconverts between different bibliography formats, e.g.BibTeXBibLaTeXRISCSL-JSONbetterbib syncsyncs bibliography data with a number of online sources, e.g.,CrossrefDBLPPubMedarXiv.orgbetterbib formatformats your bibliography files to your liking. Can also
(un)abbreviate author and journal names.betterbib doi-toconverts a DOI or DOI URL to a bibliography entry.InstallationInstall betterbibfrom PyPIwithpip install betterbibSeeherefor licensing information.ConvertSyncSimply runbetterbibsyncin.bibto sync your bibliography file with online sources. For example, the input@article{wiles,title={Fermat Last Theorem},doi={10.2307/2118559},}is converted to@article{wiles,number={3},doi={10.2307/2118559},pages={443},source={Crossref},volume={141},author={Wiles, Andrew},year={1995},month=may,url={https://doi.org/10.2307/2118559},issn={0003-486X},journal={The Annals of Mathematics},publisher={JSTOR},title={Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem},}See-h/--helpfor all options.betterbibsync-hUsage: betterbib sync [-h] [-i] [-c N] [-m MINIMUM_SCORE] [-q] [--debug] infiles [infiles ...]

Positional Arguments:
  infiles               input bibliography files

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --in-place        modify infile in place
  -c, --num-concurrent-requests N
                        number of concurrent HTTPS requests (default: 5)
  -m, --minimum-score MINIMUM_SCORE
                        minimum score to count as a match (default: 0.0)
  -q, --quiet           don't show progress info (default: show)
  --debug               some debug output (default: false)FormatAfter that, you can for example runbetterbib format in.bib --sort-fields --align-values --journal-names short --abbrev-first-namesto get@article{wiles,author={Wiles, A.},doi={10.2307/2118559},issn={0003-486X},journal={Ann. Math.},month=may,number={3},pages={443},publisher={JSTOR},source={Crossref},title={Modular Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem},url={https://doi.org/10.2307/2118559},volume={141},year={1995},}betterbibformat-hUsage: betterbib format [-h] [-i] [--drop DROP] [--journal-names {long,short,unchanged}] [--abbrev-first-names]
                        [--sort-entries] [--sort-fields] [--doi-url-type {unchanged,old,new,short}]
                        [--page-range-separator PAGE_RANGE_SEPARATOR] [--protect-title-capitalization]
                        [--indent [INDENT]] [--align-values]
                        infiles [infiles ...]

Positional Arguments:
  infiles               input BibTeX files

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i, --in-place        modify infile in place
  --drop DROP           drop fields from entries (can be passed multiple times)
  --journal-names {long,short,unchanged}
                        force full or abbreviated journal names (default: unchanged)
  --abbrev-first-names  abbreviate first names in author lists etc. (default: false)
  --sort-entries        sort entries alphabetically by BibTeX key (default: false)
  --sort-fields         sort fields alphabetically (default: false)
  --doi-url-type {unchanged,old,new,short}
                        DOI URL (new: https://doi.org/<DOI>, short: https://doi.org/abcde) (default: new)
  --page-range-separator PAGE_RANGE_SEPARATOR
                        page range separator (int or string, default: unchanged)
  --protect-title-capitalization
                        brace-protect names in titles (e.g., {Newton}; default: false)
  --indent [INDENT]     indentation (int or string; default: 1)
  --align-values        align field values (default: false)Dereference DOIsGiven a DOI or a DOI URL, it's often useful to generate a bibliography entry for it.betterbib doi-todoes just that.betterbibdoi-toris10.1002/andp.19053221004TY  - JOUR
IS  - 10
DO  - 10.1002/andp.19053221004
SP  - 891
EP  - 921
DS  - Crossref
VL  - 322
AU  - Einstein, A.
DA  - 1905/01
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.19053221004
SN  - 0003-3804
SN  - 1521-3889
JF  - Annalen der Physik
JO  - Ann. Phys.
PB  - Wiley
TI  - Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper
ER  -