Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!i2unix!inria!laas!ralph From: ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Awk+Shell programs to help manage a database of references Message-ID: Date: 14 Dec 90 16:18:45 GMT References: <28800@usc> Sender: news@laas.laas.fr Organization: LAAS-CNRS France Lines: 24 In-reply-to: ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu's message of 13 Dec 90 10:31:45 GMT In article <28800@usc> ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes: | Major design objectives: | - one line per reference, so one can manipulate the database | file using Unix tools, This line worried me! We have some BibTeX entries that include abstracts and are therefore *very* long, especially if it is only *ONE* line. I'm sure such long lines would break some of the Unix tools, such as Awk. | - easy conversion to bibtex .bib files | | Enjoy! Will try. -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Reliable software should kill people reliably! -Andy Mickel, Pascal News #13,78