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LOOKBIB(1)                             General Commands Manual                            LOOKBIB(1)



NAME
       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS
       lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...

       lookbib --help

       lookbib -v
       lookbib --version

DESCRIPTION
       lookbib  prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal),
       reads from the standard input a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic
       databases  filename ... for references containing those keywords, prints any references found
       on the standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input.  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.

       -tn    Only require the first n characters of keys to be given.  Initially n is 6.

       -v
       --version
              Display version information and exit.

FILES
       filename.i
              Index files.

SEE ALSO
       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)



groff 1.22.4                                23 March 2022                                 LOOKBIB(1)