LKBIB
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (@MAN1EXT@)
Updated: @MDATE@
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NAME
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSIS
lkbib
[
-v
]
[
-ifields
]
[
-pfilename
]
[
-tn
]
key...
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
@DEFAULT_INDEX@.
For each database
filename
to be searched,
if an index
filename@INDEX_SUFFIX@
created 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 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
-
-
@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@)
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- ENVIRONMENT
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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