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grefer(1)

glookbib(1)

gindxbib(1)

LKBIB(1)

NAME

lkbib − search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS

lkbib [ −v ] [ −ifields ] [ −pfilename ] [ −tn ] key...

DESCRIPTION

lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys key... and prints any references found on the standard output. lkbib will search any databases given by −p options, and then a default database.  The default database is taken from the environment variable if it is set, otherwise it is /usr/dict/papers/Ind.  For each database filename to be searched, if an index filename.i created by gindxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple databases. 

OPTIONS

−v Print the version number. 

−pfilename
Search filename. Multiple −p options can be used. 

−istring
When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of fields whose names are in string.

−tn Only require the first n characters of keys to be given.  Initially n is 6. 

ENVIRONMENT

Default database. 

FILES

/usr/dict/papers/Ind Default database to be used if the environment variable is not set.  filename.i Index files. 

SEE ALSO

grefer(1), glookbib(1), gindxbib(1)

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