lookbib(1)         UNIX System V(BSD Compatibility Package)          lookbib(1)


NAME
      lookbib - find references in a bibliographic database

SYNOPSIS
      /usr/ucb/lookbib database

DESCRIPTION
      A bibliographic reference is a set of lines, constituting fields of
      bibliographic information. Each field starts on a line beginning with a
      `%', followed by a key-letter, then a blank, and finally the contents of
      the field, which may continue until the next line starting with `%'.  See
      addbib.

      lookbib uses an inverted index made by indxbib to find sets of
      bibliographic references. It reads keywords typed after the `>' prompt on
      the terminal, and retrieves records containing all these keywords.  If
      nothing matches, nothing is returned except another `>' prompt.

      It is possible to search multiple databases, as long as they have a
      common index made by indxbib.  In that case, only the first argument
      given to indxbib is specified to lookbib.

      If lookbib does not find the index files (the .i[abc] files), it looks
      for a reference file with the same name as the argument, without the
      suffixes.  It creates a file with a .ig suffix, suitable for use with
      fgrep (see grep).  lookbib then uses this fgrep file to find references.
      This method is simpler to use, but the .ig file is slower to use than the
      .i[abc] files, and does not allow the use of multiple reference files.

FILES
      *.ia
      *.ib      index files
      *.ic
      *.ig      reference file

SEE ALSO
      addbib(1), indxbib(1), refer(1), roffbib(1), sortbib(1)

      grep(1) in the User's Reference Manual

NOTES
      Probably all dates should be indexed, since many disciplines refer to
      literature written in the 1800s or earlier.











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