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 stan‐
       dard 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 data‐
       base 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  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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