Script to clean (and sort) the bibfile exported by Mendeley

cleanbib.py

# Script to clean (and sort) the bibfile exported by mendeley
# It is then apt for versioning
# Author: Carles F. Julià <carles.fernandez(AT)upf.edu>

# You will need bibtexparser package:
# $ pip install bibtexparser

# usage: cleanbib.py library.bib
# WARNING: it overwrites the original file

import bibtexparser
from bibtexparser.bparser import BibTexParser

if __name__ == '__main__':
	import sys
	bibfile = sys.argv[1]
	with open(bibfile) as bibtex_file:
	    parser = BibTexParser()
	    bib_database = bibtexparser.load(bibtex_file, parser=parser)

	for entry in bib_database.entries:
	    for k in ('file','annote','abstract'):
	        entry.pop(k,None)

	bibtex_string = bibtexparser.dumps(bib_database)

	with open(bibfile,'w') as bibtex_file:
	    bibtex_file.write(bibtex_string.encode('utf8'))