{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "lookbib",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lookbib/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T16:42:35Z",
    "synopsis": "lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "lookbib - search bibliographic databases\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "lookbib [-i string] [-t n] filename ...\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "lookbib --help",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "lookbib -v",
                    "content": ""
                },
                {
                    "name": "lookbib --version",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "lookbib  prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not a terminal),\nreads from the standard input a line containing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic\ndatabases  filename ... for references containing those keywords, prints any references found\non the standard output, and repeats this process until the end of input.  For  each  database\nfilename to be searched, if an index filename.i created by indxbib(1) exists, then it will be\nsearched instead; each index 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": "-i",
                    "content": "When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents  of  fields  whose\nnames are in string.\n",
                    "flag": "-i"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-t",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-t"
                },
                {
                    "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\n\n\ngroff 1.22.4                                23 March 2022                                 LOOKBIB(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "lookbib - search bibliographic databases",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-i",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of fields whose names are in string."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-t",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ]
}