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NAMElkbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSISlkbib [ -v ] [ -ifields ] [ -pfilename ] [ -tn ] key...
DESCRIPTIONlkbib 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 @DEFAULT_INDEX@. For each data‐
base filename to be searched, if an index filename@INDEX_SUFFIX@ cre‐
ated by @g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@) 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 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.
ENVIRONMENT
REFER Default database.
FILES
@DEFAULT_INDEX@ Default database to be used if the REFER environment
variable is not set. filename@INDEX_SUFFIX@ Index
files.
SEE ALSO
@g@refer(@MAN1EXT@), @g@lookbib(@MAN1EXT@), @g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@)
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