LOOKBIB(1) General Commands Manual LOOKBIB(1)
NAME
lookbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSIS
lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...
lookbib --help
lookbib -v
lookbib --version
DESCRIPTION
lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard in-
put is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing
a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases filename ...
for references containing those keywords, prints any references found
on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end of in-
put. 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
Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its argument.
--help Display a usage message and exit.
-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.
-v
--version
Display version information and exit.
FILES
filename.i
Index files.
SEE ALSO
refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)
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