lookbib(1) lookbib(1)NAME lookbib - finds references in a bibliography SYNOPSIS lookbib [-n] database ARGUMENTS database Specifies the database to be searched. -n Turns off the prompt for instructions. DESCRIPTION lookbib uses an inverted index made by indxbib(1) to find sets of bibliographic references. A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of bibliographic information. Each field starts on a line beginning with a %, followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of the field, which may continue until the next line starting with %. The lookbib command reads keywords typed after the > prompt on the terminal and retrieves records containing all these keywords. If nothing matches, nothing is returned except another > prompt. The lookbib command will ask if you need instructions and will print some brief information if you reply y. It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they have a common index made by indxbib. In that case, only the first argument given to indxbib is specified to lookbib. If lookbib does not find the index files (the .i[abc] files), it looks for a reference file with the same name as the argument, without the suffixes. It creates a file with a .ig suffix, suitable for use with fgrep. It then uses this fgrep file to find references. This method is simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use than the .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multiple reference files. FILES /usr/ucb/lookbib Executable file file.ia Output file where file is the name of the index file.ib Output file where file is the name of the index file.ic Output file where file is the name of the index file.ig January 1992 1
lookbib(1) lookbib(1)Output file where file is the name of the index SEE ALSO addbib(1), indxbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1) 2 January 1992