NAME

       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS

       lookbib [ -v ] [ -istring ] [ -tn ] filename...

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

       It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its parameter.

       -v     Print the version number.

       -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.

FILES

       filename.i  Index files.

SEE ALSO

       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)

Groff Version 1.22.2                            07 February 2013                                      LOOKBIB(1)