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 con-
       taining a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases	file-
       name...	 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 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.

       -istring
	      When searching files for which no index exists, ignore the con-
	      tents of fields whose names are in string.

       -tn    Only require the first n characters of keys to be given.	 Ini-
	      tially n is 6.

FILES
       filename.i  Index files.

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



Groff Version 1.18.1.1		 27 June 2001			   LOOKBIB(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. lookbib
2. which