lkbib - search bibliographic databases

lkbib  searches  bibliographic databases for references containing keywords key and writes any references
       found to the standard output stream.  It reads databases given by -p  options  and  then  (unless  -n  is
       given)  a  default  database.  The default database is taken from the REFER environment variable if it is
       set, otherwise it is /usr/dict/papers/Ind.  For each database file to be searched,  if  an  index  file.i
       created by indxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead; each index can cover multiple databases.

REFER  Default database.

/usr/dict/papers/Ind
              Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is not set.

       file.i Index files.

       lkbib - search bibliographic databases

--help displays a usage message, while -v and --version show version information; all exit afterward.

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

       -n     Suppress search of default database.

       -pfile
              Search file.  Multiple -p options can be used.

       -tn   Require only the first n characters of keys to be given.  The default is 6.

       “Some Applications of Inverted Indexes on the Unix System”, by M. E. Lesk, 1978, AT&T  Bell  Laboratories
       Computing Science Technical Report No. 69.

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

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lkbib [-n] [-ifields] [-pfile] ... [-tn] key ...

       lkbib--helplkbib-vlkbib--version