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Name
lkbib - search bibliographic databases
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Synopsis
[ -n]
[ -i~fields]
[ -p~file]
...
[ -t~n]
key
...
--help
-v
--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
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
[lq]Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System[rq],
by M. E. Lesk,
1978,
AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No. 69.
Index
- Name
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- Synopsis
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- Description
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- Options
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- Environment
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- Files
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- See also
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