abbrev

#!/usr/bin/env python
# This script converts full journal titles to abbreviated journal titles in bibtex
# files. Pass the name of a bibtex file as the sole command line argument. Results
# are printed to stdout.

#imports
import sys
from journal_dict import journal_dict

# parse argument
try:
  bib_file = sys.argv[1].strip()
except:
  sys.stdout.write("Error: Pass a bibtex file as a single argument.\n")
  raise SystemExit

# loop through file
with open(bib_file, "r") as f:
  for line in f:
    if "journal" in line.split("=")[0]:
      journal = (line.split("{", 1)[1])[:-3]
      try:
        journal_abbrev = journal_dict[journal]
        sys.stdout.write("  journal      = {%s},\n" % journal_abbrev)
      except:
        sys.stderr.write("Warning: No abbreviation for %s.\n" % journal )
        sys.stdout.write("  journal      = {%s},\n" % journal)
    else:
      print(line.rstrip())