bibtexSorter

To sort and filter irrelavant entries in the bibtex.

Environmet python 3.x

To use

1. Download your article tex file and reference bibtex file.

2. python sortbib.py -bibname YOUR_BIB_FIlENAME -texname YOUR_TEX_FILENAME 

   or by default (bibname='ref.bib',texname='article.tex')

   python sortbib.py

3. The script scan and record all present citations in the article file and sort the entries in bibtex with this order.

4. Original bib file will be backuped as 'ref_old.bib'

Example

python sortbib.py -bibname ref.bib -texname article.tex
Total number of bib entries:  165
Total number of cite positions:  124
Total number of references:  139 , irrelevant entries removed