BIBDESTRINGIFY

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 26 August 1991
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NAME

bibdestringify - replace string substitutions in a bibtex database

 

SYNOPSIS

bibdestringify

 

DESCRIPTION

bibdestringify reads a bibtex file from standard input. It produces the same file, but with all string substitutions (@string{foo = "bar"}) replaced in the text.

For example, to tell your friend about your favorite new breakfast cereal, you might use the command:

lookbibtex -s kellogg | bibdestringify | mail lk

Lookbibtex -s passes string defintions through; "kellogg" is the search regular expression. bibdestringify expands these definitons, so that when Leonard (lk) gets your mail, there will be no references to unknown strings.

 

AUTHOR

John Heidemann <johnh@cs.ucla.edu>

 

SEE ALSO

bibtex(1), lookbibtex(1), perl(1).

 

BUGS

Like lookbibtex, bibdestringify is written in Perl, so it will not run on machines which do not have perl installed.

Although previous versions of bibdestringify (0.9) were quite slow, this version is reasonably fast.


 

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