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.TH GLOOKBIB 1 "7 February 2013" "Groff Version 1.22.2"
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.SH NAME
glookbib \- search bibliographic databases
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.B glookbib
[
.B \-v
]
[
.BI \-i string
]
[
.BI \-t n
]
.IR filename \|.\|.\|.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B glookbib
prints a prompt on the standard error (unless the standard input is not
a terminal),
reads from the standard input a line containing a set of keywords,
searches the bibliographic databases
.IR 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
.I filename
to be searched,
if an index
.IB filename .i
created by
.BR gindxbib (1)
exists, then it will be searched instead;
each index can cover multiple databases.
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.SH OPTIONS
.PP
It is possible to have whitespace between a command line option and its
parameter.
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.TP
.B \-v
Print the version number.
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.TP
.BI \-i string
When searching files for which no index exists,
ignore the contents of fields whose names are in
.IR string .
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.TP
.BI \-t n
Only require the first
.I n
characters of keys to be given.
Initially
.I n
is\~6.
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.SH FILES
.TP \w'\fIfilename\fB.i'u+2n
.IB filename .i
Index files.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR grefer (1),
.BR lkbib (1),
.BR gindxbib (1)
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