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lkbib searches bibliographic databases for references matching all 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.

--help

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

-i string

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

-n

Suppress search of default database.

-p file

Search file. Multiple -p options can be used.

-t n

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

lkbib exits with status 0 on successful operation, status 2 if the program cannot interpret its command-line arguments, and status 1 if it encounters an error during operation.

REFER

Assign this variable a file name to override the default database.

/usr/dict/papers/Ind

Default database to be used if the REFER environment variable is not set.

file.i

Index files.

“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)