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Created November 21, 2011 16:25
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Generate a bibtex file containing works cited in a given pandoc extended markdown file
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extract_bib.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
bibfile = "~/.pandoc/default.bib"
matches = ARGF.read.scan(/@(.*?)[\.,:;\] ]/)
reg = "\\(" + matches.join("\\)\\|\\(") + "\\)"
system 'bibtool -X \'' + reg + '\' ' + bibfile
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dsanson commented Nov 21, 2011

Generates a bibtex file containing only works cited in a given pandoc extended markdown file. Usage

$ cat example.markdown | extract_bib.rb > example.bib
$ extract_bib.rb example.markdown > example.bib

Depends on bibtool. Change the value of bibfile to point to your master bibtex database.

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