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21.TH @G@LOOKBIB @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
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24.SH NAME
25@g@lookbib \- search bibliographic databases
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28.SH SYNOPSIS
29.B @g@lookbib
30[
31.B \-v
32]
33[
34.BI \-i string
35]
36[
37.BI \-t n
38]
39.IR filename \|.\|.\|.
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41.PP
42It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
43parameter.
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46.SH DESCRIPTION
47.B @g@lookbib
48prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not
49a terminal),
50reads from the standard input a line containing a set of keywords,
51searches the bibliographic databases
52.IR filename \|.\|.\|.\&
53for references containing those keywords,
54prints any references found on the standard output,
55and repeats this process until the end of input.
56For each database
57.I filename
58to be searched,
59if an index
60.IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
61created by
62.BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
63exists, then it will be searched instead;
64each index can cover multiple databases.
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67.SH OPTIONS
68.TP
69.B \-v
70Print the version number.
71.
72.TP
73.BI \-i string
74When searching files for which no index exists,
75ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
76.IR string .
77.
78.TP
79.BI \-t n
80Only require the first
81.I n
82characters of keys to be given.
83Initially
84.I n
85is\~6.
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87.
88.SH FILES
89.TP \w'\fIfilename\fB@INDEX_SUFFIX@'u+2n
90.IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
91Index files.
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94.SH "SEE ALSO"
95.BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
96.BR lkbib (@MAN1EXT@),
97.BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
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