Provides a command line tool to get metadata for an academic paper posted at arXiv.org in BibTeX format.
Installation
Use pip:
$ pip install arxiv2bib
Or use easy install:
$ easy_install arxiv2bib
Or download the source and use setup.py:
$ python setup.py install
If you cannot install, you can use arxiv2bib.py as a standalone executable.
Just copy it to somewhere in your path (like /usr/local/bin.)
Examples
Basic usage:
$ arxiv2bib 1001.1001
Request a specific version:
$ arxiv2bib 1102.0001v2
Request multiple papers at once:
$ arxiv2bib 1101.0001 1102.0002 1103.0003
Use a list of papers from a text file (one per line):
$ arxiv2bib < papers.txt
More information:
$ arxiv2bib --help
If you have further questions, see the documentation at http://nathangrigg.github.io/arxiv2bib.