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BIBLOOK(1) User Commands BIBLOOK(1)
NAME
biblook - lookup entries in a bibliography file
SYNOPSIS
biblook basename [savefile]
DESCRIPTION
biblook permits rapid lookup in a BibTeX bibliography data
base, using a compact binary index file prepared by bibin-
dex(1).
At the prompt, the user can enter any of the following com-
mands:
? or h[elp]
Display a help message.
f[ind] [not] <field> <words>
Find the entries containing the given words in any
field with a prefix matching the <field> argument. For
example, `a' matches both `author' and `address', and
`au' matches `author' only. If the <field> argument is
`-' (or any string with no letters or numbers), match
any field.
If `not' appears before the <field>, the sense of the
search is reversed. The symbols `~' and `!' can be
used in place of `not'.
Each word is a contiguous sequence of letters and
digits. Case is ignored; accents should be omitted;
apostrophes are not required. Single characters and a
few common words are also ignored. Any word ending
with an asterisk is treated as a prefix. Thus,
`point*' matches `point', `points', `pointer', etc.
and [not] <field> <words>
or [not] <field> <words>
Intersect (resp. union) the results of the given search
with the previous search. Several of these commands
may be combined on a single line. Commands are handled
in the order in which they appear; there is no pre-
cedence. Unlike other commands, and like `not', these
must be spelled out completely. `&' can be used in
place of `and', and `|' can be used in place of `or'.
d[isplay]
Display the results of the previous search.
s[ave] [<filename>]
Save the results of the previous results into the
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specified file. If <filename> is omitted, the previous
save file is used. If no save file has ever been
specified, results are saved in the file specified on
the command line. If no such file is specified,
`save.bib' is used. If the save file exists, results
are appended to it.
q[uit]/EOF
Quit.
Several commands can be combined on a single line by
separating them with semicolons. For example, the following
command displays all STOC papers cowritten by Erdo"s without
`Voronoi diagrams' in the title:
f b stoc* | b symp* theory comp* & au erdos & ~t voronoi diagrams ; d
SEE ALSO
bibclean(1), bibindex(1), bibtex(1), latex(1), tex(1)
AUTHOR
Jeff Erickson
Computer Science Division
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720
USA
Email: <jeff@cs.berkeley.edu>, <jeffe@melody.berkeley.edu>
This program is in the public domain. You may use it or
modify it to your heart's content, at your own risk.
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