--help displays a usage message, while -v and --version show
version information; all exit afterward.
Most options are equivalent to commands (for a description of
these commands, see subsection 'Commands' below).
-b no-label-in-text; no-label-in-reference
-e accumulate
-n no-default-database
-C compatible
-P move-punctuation
-S label "(A.n|Q) ', ' (D.y|D)"; bracket-label " (" ) "; "
-a n reverse An
-c fields
capitalize fields
-f n label %n
-i fields
search-ignore fields
-k label L~%a
-k field
label field~%a
-l label A.nD.y%a
-l m label A.n+mD.y%a
-l ,n label A.nD.y-n%a
-l m,n label A.n+mD.y-n%a
-p db-file
database db-file
-s spec
sort spec
-t n search-truncate n
The next options are equivalent to commands with the addition
that the file names specified on the command line are processed
as if they were arguments to the bibliography command instead of
in the normal way.
-B annotate X AP; no-label-in-reference
-B field.macro
annotate field macro; no-label-in-reference
The following option has no synonymous command.
-R Don't recognize lines beginning with .R1/.R2.
