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
u+2n
- /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)