1lkbib(1)                    General Commands Manual                   lkbib(1)
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Name

6       lkbib - search bibliographic databases
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Synopsis

9       lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p file] ... [-t n] key ...
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11       lkbib --help
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13       lkbib -v
14       lkbib --version
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Description

17       lkbib  searches  bibliographic databases for references containing key‐
18       words key and writes  any  references  found  to  the  standard  output
19       stream.   It reads databases given by -p options and then (unless -n is
20       given) a default database.  The default  database  is  taken  from  the
21       REFER  environment  variable  if  it is set, otherwise it is /usr/dict/
22       papers/Ind.  For each database file to be searched, if an index  file.i
23       created  by  indxbib(1)  exists, then it will be searched instead; each
24       index can cover multiple databases.
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Options

27       --help displays a usage message, while -v and  --version  show  version
28       information; all exit afterward.
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30       -i string
31              When  searching files for which no index exists, ignore the con‐
32              tents of fields whose names are in string.
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37              Search file.  Multiple -p options can be used.
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39       -t n   Require only the first n characters of keys to  be  given.   The
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Environment

43       REFER  Default database.
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Files

46       /usr/dict/papers/Ind
47              Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is
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See also

53       “Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System”,  by  M.  E.
54       Lesk,  1978,  AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report
55       No. 69.
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57       refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)
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