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21 .\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half
22 .\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent.
24 .ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP
27 .TH LKBIB @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
29 lkbib \- search bibliographic databases
46 It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
50 searches bibliographic databases for references that contain the keys
52 and prints any references found on the standard output.
54 will search any databases given by
56 options, and then a default database.
57 The default database is taken from the
59 environment variable if it is set,
66 .IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
68 .BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)
69 exists, then it will be searched instead;
70 each index can cover multiple databases.
74 Print the version number.
84 When searching files for which no index exists,
85 ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
89 Only require the first
91 characters of keys to be given.
100 .Tp \w'\fB@DEFAULT_INDEX@'u+2n
102 Default database to be used if the
104 environment variable is not set.
105 .IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@
108 .BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@),
109 .BR @g@lookbib (@MAN1EXT@),
110 .BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@)