4.4BSD/usr/share/man/cat1/lookbib.0

LOOKBIB(1)             BSD Reference Manual            LOOKBIB(1)


NNAAMMEE
       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       llooookkbbiibb [ --vv ] [ --ii_s_t_r_i_n_g ] [ --tt_n ] _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       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 _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e...  for  references  con-
       taining those keywords, prints any references found on the
       standard output, and repeats this process until the end of
       input.   For  each database _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e to be searched, if an
       index _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e..ii created by  iinnddxxbbiibb(1)  exists,  then  it
       will  be  searched  instead; each index can cover multiple
       databases.

OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       --vv     Print the version number.

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

       --tt_n    Only require the first _n characters of keys  to  be
              given.  Initially _n is 6.

FFIILLEESS
       _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e..ii  Index files.

SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       rreeffeerr(1), llkkbbiibb(1), iinnddxxbbiibb(1)




















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