


JLOOKBIB(1)                                           JLOOKBIB(1)


NAME
       jlookbib - search bibliographic databases

SYNOPSIS
       jlookbib [ -v ] [ -istring ] [ -tn ] filename...

DESCRIPTION
       jlookbib  prints  a  prompt  on the standard error (unless the standard
       input is not a terminal), reads from the standard input a line contain-
       ing a set of keywords, searches the bibliographic databases filename...
       for references containing those keywords, prints any  references  found
       on  the  standard  output,  and  repeats  this process until the end of
       input.  For each database filename to be searched, if  an  index  file-
       name.i created by jindxbib(1) exists, then it will be searched instead;
       each index can cover multiple databases.

OPTIONS
       -v     Print the version number.

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

       -tn    Only  require  the first n characters of keys to be given.  Ini-
              tially n is 6.

FILES
       filename.i  Index files.

SEE ALSO
       jrefer(1), lkbib(1), jindxbib(1)


























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