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lookbib - search bibliographic databases
lookbib [ -v ]
[ -istring ] [ -tn ] filename...
lookbib prints a prompt on the
standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal), reads from
the standard input a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic
databases filename... for references containing those keywords, prints any
references found on the standard output, and repeats this process until
the end of input. 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.
It is possible to have
whitespace between a command line option and its parameter.
- -v
- Print the
version number.
- -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.
- filename.i
- Index files.
refer(1)
, lkbib(1)
, indxbib(1)
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