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.TH LKBIB 1 "6 August 1992" "Groff Version 1.08"
.SH NAME
lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lkbib
[
.B \-v
]
[
.BI \-i fields
]
[
.BI \-p filename
]
[
.BI \-t n
]
.IR key \|.\|.\|.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B lkbib
searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys
.IR key \|.\|.\|.
and prints any references found on the standard output.
.B lkbib
will search any databases given by
.B \-p
options, and then a default database.
The default database is taken from the
.SB REFER
environment variable if it is set,
otherwise it is
.BR /usr/share/dict/papers/Ind .
For each database
.I filename
to be searched,
if an index
.IB filename .i
created by
.BR indxbib (1)
exists, then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
Print the version number.
.TP
.BI \-p filename
Search
.IR filename .
Multiple
.B \-p
options can be used.
.TP
.BI \-i string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
.TP
.BI \-t n
Only require the first
.I n
characters of keys to be given.
Initially
.I n
is 6.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP \w'\fBREFER'u+2n
.SB REFER
Default database.
.SH FILES
.Tp \w'\fB/usr/share/dict/papers/Ind'u+2n
.B /usr/share/dict/papers/Ind
Default database to be used if the
.SB REFER
environment variable is not set.
.IB filename .i
Index files.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR refer (1),
.BR lookbib (1),
.BR indxbib (1)