lkbib(@MAN1EXT@)

Name
lkbib - search bibliographic databases

Synopsis
lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p file] ... [-t n] key ...
lkbib --help
lkbib -v
lkbib --version

Description
lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references containing keywords key and writes any references found to the standard output stream. It reads databases given by -p options and then (unless -n is given) a default database. The default database is taken from the REFER environment variable if it is set, otherwise it is @DEFAULT_INDEX@. For each database file to be searched, if an index file@INDEX_SUFFIX@ created by @g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple databases.

Options
--help displays a usage message, while -v and --version show version information; all exit afterward.

-i string
    When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of fields whose names are in string.

-n  Suppress search of default database.

-p file
    Search file. Multiple -p options can be used.

-t n
    Require only the first n characters of keys to be given. The default is 6.

Environment

REFER
    Default database.

Files

@DEFAULT_INDEX@
    Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is not set.

file@INDEX_SUFFIX@
    Index files.

See also
“Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System”, by M. E. Lesk, 1978, AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No. 69.

@g@refer(@MAN1EXT@), @g@lookbib(@MAN1EXT@), @g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@)