NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

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

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       -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    [Toc]    [Back]

       filename.i  Index files.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)



Groff Version 1.16.1      April 8, 2001                LOOKBIB(1)