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.TH lkbib @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "groff @VERSION@"
.SH Name
lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
.
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.SH Synopsis
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.SY lkbib
.OP \-n
.OP \-i fields
.OP \-p filename
.OP \-t n
.I key
\&.\|.\|.\&
.YS
.
.
.SY lkbib
.B \-\-help
.YS
.
.
.SY lkbib
.B \-v
.
.SY lkbib
.B \-\-version
.YS
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.\" ====================================================================
.SH Description
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.I lkbib
searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys
.I key
\&.\|.\|.\& and prints any references found on the standard output.
.
.I lkbib
will search any databases given by
.B \-p
options, and then a default database.
.
The default database is taken from the
.I \%REFER
environment variable if it is set,
otherwise it is
.IR @DEFAULT_INDEX@ .
.
For each database
.I filename
to be searched,
if an index
.RI filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
created by
.IR \%@g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
exists, then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
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.SH Options
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.B \-\-help
displays a usage message,
while
.B \-v
and
.B \-\-version
show version information;
all exit afterward.
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.
.TP
.BI \-i\~ string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
.
.
.TP
.BI \-p\~ filename
Search
.IR filename .
.
Multiple
.B \-p
options can be used.
.
.
.TP
.BI \-t\~ n
Only require the first
.I n
characters of keys to be given.
.
Initially,
.I n
is\~6.
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.SH Environment
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.TP
.I REFER
Default database.
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.SH Files
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.TP
.I \%@DEFAULT_INDEX@
Default database to be used if the
.I \%REFER
environment variable is not set.
.
.
.TP
.RI filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
Index files.
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.\" ====================================================================
.SH "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.
.
.
.LP
.IR \%@g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
.IR \%@g@lookbib (@MAN1EXT@),
.IR \%@g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
.
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