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6 lookbib - search bibliographic databases
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9 lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...
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11 lookbib --help
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13 lookbib -v
14 lookbib --version
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17 lookbib prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard in‐
18 put is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing
19 a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases filename ...
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22 put. For each database filename to be searched, if an index filename.i
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27 Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its argument.
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29 --help Display a usage message and exit.
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35 -tn Only require the first n characters of keys to be given. Ini‐
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39 --version
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44 Index files.
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47 refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)
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