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    "mode": "info",
    "parameter": "lkbib",
    "section": "",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/info/lkbib/json",
    "generated": "2026-07-05T12:06:57Z",
    "synopsis": "lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p filename] [-t n] key ...\nlkbib --help\nlkbib -v\nlkbib --version",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "lkbib - search bibliographic databases\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p filename] [-t n] key ...\n\nlkbib --help\n\nlkbib -v\nlkbib --version\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "lkbib  searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the\nkeys key ... and prints any references found on  the  standard  output.\nlkbib will search any databases given by -p options, and then a default\ndatabase.  The default database is taken  from  the  REFER  environment\nvariable  if it is set, otherwise it is /usr/dict/papers/Ind.  For each\ndatabase filename to be searched, if an index filename.i created by in-\ndxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can cover\nmultiple 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"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-pfilename",
                    "content": "Search filename.  Multiple -p options can be used.\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"
                }
            ]
        },
        "ENVIRONMENT": {
            "content": "REFER  Default database.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "/usr/dict/papers/Ind\nDefault database to be used if the REFER environment variable is\nnot set.\n\nfilename.i\nIndex files.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)\n\ngroff 1.22.4                     23 March 2022                        LKBIB(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "lkbib - 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."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Search filename. Multiple -p options can be used. -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": "lookbib",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lookbib/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "indxbib",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/indxbib/1/json"
        }
    ]
}