@G@LOOKBIB
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NAME
@g@lookbib - search bibliographic databases
SYNOPSIS
@g@lookbib
[
-v
]
[
-istring
]
[
-tn
]
filename...
DESCRIPTION
@g@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@INDEX_SUFFIX@
created by
@g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@)
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@INDEX_SUFFIX@
-
Index files.
SEE ALSO
@g@refer(@MAN1EXT@),
lkbib(@MAN1EXT@),
@g@indxbib(@MAN1EXT@)
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- SYNOPSIS
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- OPTIONS
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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