LKBIB
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 09 January 2009
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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)
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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