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lkbib(1) General Commands Manual lkbib(1)
Name
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
Synopsis
lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p file] ... [-t n] key ...
lkbib --help
lkbib -v
lkbib --version
Description
lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references containing
keywords key and writes any references found to the standard
output stream. It reads databases given by -p options and then
(unless -n is given) 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 file to be
searched, if an index file.i created by indxbib(1) exists, then
it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple
databases.
Options
--help displays a usage message, while -v and --version show
version information; all exit afterward.
-i string
When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the
contents of fields whose names are in string.
-n Suppress search of default database.
-p file
Search file. Multiple -p options can be used.
-t n Require only the first n characters of keys to be given.
The default is 6.
Environment
REFER Assign this variable a file name to override the default
database.
Files
/usr/dict/papers/Ind
Default database to be used if the REFER environment
variable is not set.
file.i Index files.
See also
“Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System”, by M.
E. Lesk, 1978, AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical
Report No. 69.
refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)
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