Drupal 8: A script to copy settings from manage display for "search result" of bibcite to all other bibcite types.

copy.php

<?php
$db = new PDO('mysql:dbname=drupal8', '', '');
$res = $db->query("select * from config where name='core.entity_view_display.bibcite_reference.conference_paper.search_result'");
$elem = $res->fetch();
$orig_data = unserialize($elem['data']);

$res = $db->query("select * from config where name like 'bibcite_entity.bibcite_reference_type.%'");
$types = array();
while ($elem = $res->fetch()) {
  $type = substr($elem['name'], 38);
  if ($type !== 'conference_paper') {
    $types[] = $type;
  }
}

foreach ($types as $type) {
  $id = "core.entity_view_display.bibcite_reference.{$type}.search_result";
  $res = $db->query("select * from config where name=" . $db->quote($id));
  $elem = $res->fetch();
  $data = unserialize($elem['data']);

  $data['third_party_settings'] = $orig_data['third_party_settings'];
  $data['content'] = $orig_data['content'];

  $new_data = serialize($data);
  $db->query("update config set data=" . $db->quote($new_data) . " where name=" . $db->quote($id));
}

print "Don't forget to clear the cache (drush cr)!\n";