Name

       lkbib - search bibliographic databases

Synopsis

       lkbib [-n] [-i fields] [-p file] ... [-t n] key ...

       lkbib --help

       lkbib -v
       lkbib --version

Description

       lkbib  searches  bibliographic databases for references containing keywords key and writes
       any references found to the standard output  stream.   It  reads  databases  given  by  -p
       options  and  then (unless -n is given) a default database.  The default database is taken
       from the REFER environment variable if it is set, otherwise  it  is  /usr/dict/papers/Ind.
       For  each  database  file to be searched, if an index file.i created by indxbib(1) exists,
       then it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple databases.

Options

       --help displays a usage message, while -v and --version show version information; all exit
       afterward.

       -i string
              When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the contents of fields whose
              names are in string.

       -n     Suppress search of default database.

       -p file
              Search file.  Multiple -p options can be used.

       -t n   Require only the first n characters of keys to be given.  The default is 6.

Environment

       REFER  Default database.

Files

       /usr/dict/papers/Ind
              Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is not set.

       file.i Index files.

See also

       “Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System”, by M. E. Lesk, 1978, AT&T Bell
       Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No. 69.

       refer(1), lookbib(1), indxbib(1)