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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/groff/lookbib/lookbib.man b/gnu/usr.bin/groff/lookbib/lookbib.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..641f5bc --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/usr.bin/groff/lookbib/lookbib.man @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.TH @G@LOOKBIB @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@" +.SH NAME +@g@lookbib \- search bibliographic databases +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B @g@lookbib +[ +.B \-v +] +[ +.BI \-i string +] +[ +.BI \-t n +] +.IR filename \|.\|.\|. +.SH DESCRIPTION +@g@lookbib 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 @INDEX_SUFFIX@ +created by +.BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@) +exists, then it will be searched instead; +each index can cover multiple databases. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \-v +Print the version number. +.TP +.BI \-i string +When searching files for which no index exists, +ignore the contents of fields whose names are in +.IR string . +.TP +.BI \-t n +Only require the first +.I n +characters of keys to be given. +Initially +.I n +is 6. +.SH FILES +.TP \w'\fIfilename\fB@INDEX_SUFFIX@'u+2n +.IB filename @INDEX_SUFFIX@ +Index files. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR @g@refer (@MAN1EXT@), +.BR lkbib (@MAN1EXT@), +.BR @g@indxbib (@MAN1EXT@) |