LKBIB 1 6 February 2006 Groff Version 1.19.2

### NAME

lkbib - search bibliographic databases

### SYNOPSIS

lkbib [ -v ] [ -ifields ] [ -pfilename ] [ -tn ] key...

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

### DESCRIPTION

lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys key... and prints any references found on the standard output. lkbib will search any databases given by -p options, and then a default database. The default database is taken from the environment variable if it is set, otherwise it is /usr/share/dict/papers/Ind. 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

-v
  Print the version number.
-pfilename
  Search filename. Multiple -p options can be used.
-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.

### ENVIRONMENT

Default database.

### FILES

/usr/share/dict/papers/Ind
  Default database to be used if the environment variable is not set.
filename.i
  Index files.

### SEE ALSO

refer(1) lookbib(1) indxbib(1)