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NAME

       lkbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS

       lkbib [ -v ] [ -ifields ] [ -pfilename ] [ -tn ] key...

DESCRIPTION

       lkbib  searches  bibliographic  databases  for  references  that  contain  the keys key... and prints any
       references found on the standard output.  lkbib will search any databases given by -p options, and then 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 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.

       -pfilename
              Search filename.  Multiple -p options can be used.

       -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.

ENVIRONMENT

       REFER  Default database.

FILES

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

       filename.i            Index files.

SEE ALSO

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

COPYING

       Copyright © 1989-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

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       permission notice identical to this one.

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       above conditions  for  modified  versions,  except  that  this  permission  notice  may  be  included  in
       translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English.