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NAME

6       lookbib - search bibliographic databases
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SYNOPSIS

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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DESCRIPTION

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 ...
20       for references containing those keywords, prints any  references  found
21       on  the  standard output, and repeats this process until the end of in‐
22       put.  For each database filename to be searched, if an index filename.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       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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32              When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the  con‐
33              tents of fields whose names are in string.
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36              tially n is 6.
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40              Display version information and exit.
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FILES

43       filename.i
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SEE ALSO

47       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)
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