# JabRef can't read .bib file created by JabRef 3.0

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-cant-read-bib-file-created-by-jabref-3-0/604>\
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**Created:** [April 26, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-cant-read-bib-file-created-by-jabref-3-0/604 "2017-04-26T14:59:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![eching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@eching](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/eching)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-cant-read-bib-file-created-by-jabref-3-0/604/1 "2017-04-26T14:59:26Z")

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I am migrating to a new computer setup, and when I installed JabRef 3.8.2 I found that it could not read the .bib files created by JabRef 3.0. Only 991 out of 3140 entries appear, and there’s an error message (see end of this post).

I have looked at the supposedly bad lines in a text editor, and I really don’t see any missing commas. But that’s what you would expect, because I never edit the .bib file by hand, it’s generated by JabRef.

Is there a way to fix the problem? I’m recovering from typing pain, so I will be trying the less typing-intensive methods first.

Here’s [a link to my complete .bib file](http://www.eching.org/ling.bib).

Here’s the error message:

```
1. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 4815 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
2. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 6304 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
3. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 6393 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
4. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 6904 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
5. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 8560 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
6. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 9697 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
7. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 13249 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
8. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 13646 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
9. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 14067 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
10. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 15177 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
11. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 15530 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
12. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 16010 or above: Empty text token.
This could be caused by a missing comma between two fields.'. Skipped entry.
13. Error occurred when parsing entry: 'Error in line 51479: EOF in mid-string'. Skipped entry.
```

Here is the first entry that generated an error:

```
@Book{burzio.1994,
  Title = {{P}rinciples of {E}nglish {S}tress},
  Author = {Burzio, L.},
  Publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  Year = {1994},
  Address = {Cambridge, UK},
  Keywords = {phonology, stress, },
  Lccn = {Requested Borrow Direct 8 May 2008, 7 Nov 2008. },
  Owner = {Word},
  Timestamp = {2009.07.31}
}
```

I am new to this forum. Please me know if I’m doing something wrong.

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**Author:** ![eching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c67d28/32.png) [@eching](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/eching)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/jabref-cant-read-bib-file-created-by-jabref-3-0/604/2 "2017-04-26T15:36:57Z")

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This problem has been solved:

[https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2799#issuecomment-297441786](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/2799#issuecomment-297441786)