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.TH LKBIB 1 "7 February 2013" "Groff Version 1.22.2"
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.SH NAME
lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lkbib
[
.B \-v
]
[
.BI \-i fields
]
[
.BI \-p filename
]
[
.BI \-t n
]
.IR key \|.\|.\|.
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.PP
It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
parameter.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B lkbib
searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys
.IR key \|.\|.\|.\&
and prints any references found on the standard output.
.B lkbib
will search any databases given by
.B \-p
options, and then a default database.
The default database is taken from the
.SB REFER
environment variable if it is set,
otherwise it is
.BR /usr/dict/papers/Ind .
For each database
.I filename
to be searched,
if an index
.IB filename .i
created by
.BR gindxbib (1)
exists, then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-v
Print the version number.
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.TP
.BI \-p filename
Search
.IR filename .
Multiple
.B \-p
options can be used.
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.TP
.BI \-i string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
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.TP
.BI \-t n
Only require the first
.I n
characters of keys to be given.
Initially
.I n
is\~6.
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP \w'\fBREFER'u+2n
.SB REFER
Default database.
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.SH FILES
.Tp \w'\fB/usr/dict/papers/Ind'u+2n
.B /usr/dict/papers/Ind
Default database to be used if the
.SB REFER
environment variable is not set.
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.TP
.IB filename .i
Index files.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR grefer (1),
.BR glookbib (1),
.BR gindxbib (1)
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