BibTeX Parser & Management Tool

A C++ tool to parse, sort, and search BibTeX bibliography files.

Quick Start

1. Build the tool

make

2. Run commands

List all publications sorted by year (descending) then title (alphabetical):

./bib_parser -sorted my_example.bib
./bib_parser -sorted my_example.bib ref.bib_doi.bib

Count authors from a specific institute:

./bib_parser -count my_example.bib "MIT"
./bib_parser -count my_example.bib ref.bib_doi.bib "IIIT"

Search by author name:

./bib_parser -search -author my_example.bib "Bhattacharya"
./bib_parser -search -author my_example.bib ref.bib_doi.bib "Arani"

Search by publication title:

./bib_parser -search -publication my_example.bib "EdgeIoT"
./bib_parser -search -publication my_example.bib ref.bib_doi.bib "TileClipper"

Command Reference

Command	Description	Example
-sorted file1.bib file2.bib ...	Show all publications sorted by year (newest first), then title	./bib_parser -sorted my_example.bib
-count file1.bib file2.bib ... "Institute"	Count authors from specific institute	./bib_parser -count my_example.bib "MIT"
-search -author file1.bib ... "Name"	Find publications by author	./bib_parser -search -author my_example.bib "Bhattacharya"
-search -publication file1.bib ... "Title"	Find publications by title	./bib_parser -search -publication my_example.bib "EdgeIoT"

Features

• Parses BibTeX files with author affiliations, PDF links, source code links, presentation links
• Sorts publications by year (descending) then title (alphabetical)
• Merges multiple files using the + operator
• Searches by author name or publication title
• Counts authors from specific institutes
• Custom C++ implementation (no STL dependencies)

Build Options

make          # Standard build
make debug    # Debug build with extra flags
make release  # Optimized build (-O3)
make clean    # Remove build files

Example Output

Parsing 1 files and listing (year desc, title asc):

NeuroAI: Integrating Symbolic and Neural Reasoning
  Mondal, Deeptorshi and Jain, Mohit and Bhattacharya, Arani (IIIT)
  Year: 2027
  PDF file: https://example.org/papers/neuro27.pdf
  Presentation slides: https://example.org/papers/neuro27-slides.pdf
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QuantumSys: Hybrid Optimization with Quantum Acceleration
  Chen, Ming and Aggarwal, Navneet and Ghosh, Aritrik
  Year: 2026
  PDF file: https://example.org/papers/quantum26.pdf
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Requirements

• g++ with C++17 support
• make