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    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "LOOKBIB",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/LOOKBIB/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-05T13:13:06Z",
    "synopsis": "lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...\nlookbib --help\nlookbib -v\nlookbib --version",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "lookbib - search bibliographic databases\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...\n\nlookbib --help\n\nlookbib -v\nlookbib --version\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "lookbib  prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard in-\nput is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line containing\na  set  of  keywords, searches the bibliographic databases filename ...\nfor references containing those keywords, prints any  references  found\non  the  standard output, and repeats this process until the end of in-\nput.  For each database filename to be searched, if an index filename.i\ncreated  by  indxbib(1)  exists, then it will be searched instead; each\nindex can cover multiple databases.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its argument.\n\n--help Display a usage message and exit.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-istring",
                    "content": "When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the  con-\ntents of fields whose names are in string.\n\n-tn    Only  require  the first n characters of keys to be given.  Ini-\ntially n is 6.\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-v"
                },
                {
                    "name": "--version",
                    "content": "Display version information and exit.\n",
                    "long": "--version"
                }
            ]
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "filename.i\nIndex files.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)\n\ngroff 1.22.4                     23 March 2022                      LOOKBIB(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "lookbib - search bibliographic databases",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the con- tents of fields whose names are in string. -tn Only require the first n characters of keys to be given. Ini- tially n is 6."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Display version information and exit."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "refer",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/refer/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "lkbib",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lkbib/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "indxbib",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/indxbib/1/json"
        }
    ]
}