NAME¶
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSIS¶
lkbib |
[-n] [-i
fields] [-p filename]
[-t n] key ... |
DESCRIPTION¶
lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that
contain the keys key ... and prints any references found on the
standard output. lkbib will search any databases given by -p
options, and then a default database. The default database is taken from the
REFER environment variable if it is set, otherwise it is
/usr/dict/papers/Ind. 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.
OPTIONS¶
Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its
argument.
- --help
- Display a usage message and exit.
- -istring
- When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of
fields whose names are in string.
- -pfilename
- Search filename. Multiple -p options can be used.
- -tn
- Only require the first n characters of keys to be given. Initially
n is 6.
- -v
- --version
- Display version information and exit.
ENVIRONMENT¶
- REFER
- Default database.
FILES¶
- /usr/dict/papers/Ind
- Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is
not set.
- filename.i
- Index files.