1 .TH LKBIB @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
3 lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
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65 searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys
67 and prints any references found on the standard output.
70 will search any databases given by
72 options, and then a default database.
74 The default database is taken from the
76 environment variable if it is set,
84 .IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
86 .BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
87 exists, then it will be searched instead;
88 each index can cover multiple databases.
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95 It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
101 Print the version number.
114 When searching files for which no index exists,
115 ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
120 Only require the first
122 characters of keys to be given.
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142 .Tp \w'\fB@DEFAULT_INDEX@'u+2n
144 Default database to be used if the
146 environment variable is not set.
149 .IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
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156 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
157 .BR @g@lookbib (@MAN1EXT@),
158 .BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
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