NAME
lookbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSIS
lookbib [ -v ] [
-istring ] [ -tn ] filename...
It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option
and its parameter.
DESCRIPTION
lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error
(unless the standard input 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 input.
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.
- -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.
FILES
- filename.i
- Index files.
SEE ALSO
refer(1),
lkbib(1),
indxbib(1)