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)