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lkbib

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2 July 2023
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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.