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lkbib(1) General Commands Manual lkbib(1)
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p filename] [-t n] key ...
lkbib --help
lkbib -v
lkbib --version
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.
Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its
argument.
--help Display a usage message and exit.
-istring
When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the
contents of fields whose names are in string.
-pfilename
Search filename. Multiple -p options can be used.
-tn Only require the first n characters of keys to be given.
Initially n is 6.
-v
--version
Display version information and exit.
REFER Default database.
/usr/dict/papers/Ind
Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable
is not set.
filename.i
Index files.
“Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the UNIX System”,
M. E. Lesk, Bell Laboratories, 1979. A gratis version of this
document from volume 2A of the Unix Programmer's Manual, 7th
edition, describes an early implementation of refer and is
available at the website of the late W. Richard Stevens
⟨http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/refer/refer.ps⟩.
refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)
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Pages that refer to this page: groff(1) , indxbib(1) , lookbib(1) , refer(1)