netbsd man page for lkbib

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NAME
       lkbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS
       lkbib [ -v ] [ -ifields ] [ -pfilename ] [ -tn ] key...

       It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its parameter.

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/share/dict/papers/Ind.  For each database filename to be searched, if an index filename.i cre-
       ated by indxbib(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
       REFER  Default database.

FILES
       /usr/share/dict/papers/Ind  Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is not set.

       filename.i		   Index files.

SEE ALSO
       refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)

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