LOOKBIB(1)                                                                                                            LOOKBIB(1)



NAME
       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

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

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

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
       -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 1.20.1                                     9 January 2009                                               LOOKBIB(1)