lkbib - search bibliographic databases
lkbib [ -v ] [ -ifields ] [ -pfilename ] [ -tn ] key...
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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 REFER 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
indxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can
cover multiple databases.
OPTIONS
It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
parameter.
-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 con-
tents of fields whose names are in string.
-tn Only require the first n characters of keys to be given. Ini-
tially n is 6.
ENVIRONMENT
REFER Default database.
FILES
/usr/dict/papers/Ind Default database to be used if the REFER environ-
ment variable is not set.
filename.i Index files.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+------------------+
|Availability | text/groff |
+---------------+------------------+
|Stability | Uncommitted |
+---------------+------------------+
SEE ALSO
refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)
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