LOOKBIB(1)                                           LOOKBIB(1)





NAME
       lookbib - search bibliographic databases

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

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

DESCRIPTION
       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  refer-
       ences  found  on  the  standard output, and repeats this
       process until the end of input.  For each database file-
       name  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.

       -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.i  Index files.

SEE ALSO
       refer(1), lkbib(1), indxbib(1)



Groff Version 1.19.1      27 June 2001               LOOKBIB(1)