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LKBIB(1)						      General Commands Manual							  LKBIB(1)

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/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

       -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/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)

Groff Version 1.21						 31 December 2010							  LKBIB(1)

LKBIB(1)                                                      General Commands Manual                                                     LKBIB(1)

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/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

       -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/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)

Groff Version 1.21                                               31 December 2010                                                         LKBIB(1)