.TH bibcop 1 "2026-06-05"
.SH NAME
bibcop \- Style Checker and Fixer of BibTeX Files (.bib)
.SH SYNOPSIS
bibcop [<options>] <.bib file path>
.SH DESCRIPTION
The bibcop tool is a Perl script for checking the quality of BibTeX bibliography
files (.bib) and automatically fixing found inconsistencies. It is not only
a command line tool, but a LaTeX package, which can check the quality
of a .bib file during the rendering of a LaTeX document. All found
issues are reported as LaTeX warnings.
.SH OPTIONS
Various options apply:
.IP --version
Print the version of the tool
.IP --help
Print the help screen
.IP --fix
Auto-fix all issues and print new content to the console
.IP --in-place
When used with --fix, modifies the file in place
.IP --latex
Print everything in LaTeX format
.IP --verbose
Print debugging information too
.SH AUTHOR
Yegor Bugayenko (yegor256@gmail.com)
.SH BUGS
Please log issues on the GitHub homepage:
https://github.com/yegor256/bibcop/issues.
.SH SEE ALSO
See bibcop.pdf for more details.