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5.5 Converting Bibliographies

NAME biblio - convert SGML bibliographies

SYNOPSIS

biblio [-T (bibtex | refer | ps | ascii)] file[.sgml] 

DESCRIPTION

biblio translates a bibliograhy written using the biblio SGML document type into BibTeX's bib format, Unix's refer format, PostScript, and an ASCII representation suitable electronic mail. By default, biblio generates bib files. Use the -T option to select another format. The ".sgml" extenstion of the input file is optional. biblio writes to the standard output. To create a bib file from a foo.sgml file, type:

biblio foo > foo.bib

To print a formatted version of the bibliography on a PostScript printer, type:

biblio -T ps foo | lpr

To send a formatted version of the bibliography to someone via email, type, for example:

biblio -T ascii foo | mail joe@somewhere

SEE ALSO

bibtex (1), refer (1), mail (1), lpr (1), lookbib (1)


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