gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'bibtex'

match = ARGV.join(" ")
bibfile = "/Users/david/.pandoc/default.bib"

bib = BibTeX.open(bibfile)

bib.delete('@comment') #Avoid false hits in comments

entries = []

bib[/#{match}/i].each do |hit|
   entries.push("{ 'word': '#{hit.key}', 'menu': '#{hit.author}, #{hit.title}' }")
end

puts "[" + entries.join(", ") + "]"