{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "INDXBIB",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/INDXBIB/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T02:51:07Z",
    "synopsis": "indxbib [-w] [-c file] [-d dir] [-f file] [-h n] [-i string] [-k n] [-l n] [-n n] [-o file]\n[-t n] [filename ...]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "indxbib - make inverted index for bibliographic databases\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "indxbib [-w] [-c file] [-d dir] [-f file] [-h n] [-i string] [-k n] [-l n] [-n n] [-o file]\n[-t n] [filename ...]\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "indxbib --help",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "indxbib -v",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "indxbib --version",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "indxbib makes an inverted index for the bibliographic databases in filename...  for use  with\nrefer(1), lookbib(1), and lkbib(1).  The index will be named filename.i; the index is written\nto a temporary file which is then renamed to this.  If no filenames are given on the  command\nline  because the -f option has been used, and no -o option is given, the index will be named\nInd.i.\n\nBibliographic databases are divided into records by  blank  lines.   Within  a  record,  each\nfields  starts  with a % character at the beginning of a line.  Fields have a one letter name\nwhich follows the % character.\n\nThe values set by the -c, -n, -l, and -t options are stored in the index; when the  index  is\nsearched,  keys will be discarded and truncated in a manner appropriate to these options; the\noriginal keys will be used for verifying that any record found using the index actually  con‐\ntains  the keys.  This means that a user of an index need not know whether these options were\nused in the creation of the index, provided that not all the keys to be  searched  for  would\nhave  been discarded during indexing and that the user supplies at least the part of each key\nthat would have remained after being truncated during indexing.  The value set by the -i  op‐\ntion is also stored in the index and will be used in verifying records found using the index.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "Whitespace is permitted between a command-line option and its argument.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-v",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-v"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-w",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-w"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-c",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-d",
                    "content": "stead of the path printed by pwd(1).  Usually dir will be a symbolic link that  points\nto the directory printed by pwd(1).\n",
                    "flag": "-d"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-f -",
                    "content": "standard input.  The -f option can be given at most once.\n",
                    "flag": "-f"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-i",
                    "content": "Don't index the contents of fields whose names are in  string.   Initially  string  is\nXYZ.\n",
                    "flag": "-i"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "values of n will usually make searching faster, but will make the index larger and in‐‐\ndxbib use more memory.  Initially n is 997.\n",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-k",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-k"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-l",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-l"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-n",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-o",
                    "content": "The index should be named basename.i.\n",
                    "flag": "-o"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-t"
                }
            ]
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "filename.i\nIndex.\n\nInd.i  Default index name.\n\n/usr/share/groff/1.22.4/eign\nList of common words.\n\nindxbibXXXXXX\nTemporary file.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "refer(1), lkbib(1), lookbib(1)\n\n\n\ngroff 1.22.4                                23 March 2022                                 INDXBIB(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "indxbib - make inverted index for bibliographic databases",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-w",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-d",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "stead of the path printed by pwd(1). Usually dir will be a symbolic link that points to the directory printed by pwd(1)."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-f",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "standard input. The -f option can be given at most once."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Don't index the contents of fields whose names are in string. Initially string is XYZ."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "values of n will usually make searching faster, but will make the index larger and in‐‐ dxbib use more memory. Initially n is 997."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-k",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-l",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-n",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-o",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "The index should be named basename.i."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        }
    ],
    "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": "lookbib",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lookbib/1/json"
        }
    ]
}