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Get a list of bibTeX keys from a LaTeX document using plasTeX.
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getcites.py
from plasTeX.TeX import TeX
# The following can be a problem if you are using revtex.
doc = TeX(file="filename.tex").parse()
refs = doc.getElementByTagName("cite")
cites = []
for ref in refs:
cites += ref.attributes["bibkey"]
# Remove duplicate entries.
cites = list(set(cites))
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