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    SORTBIB(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       SORTBIB(1)

    NAME
         sortbib - sort bibliographic database

    SYNOPSIS
         sortbib [ -sKEYS ] database  ...

    DESCRIPTION
         Sortbib sorts files of records containing refer key-letters
         by user-specified keys.  Records may be separated by blank
         lines, or by .[ and .] delimiters, but the two styles may
         not be mixed together.  This program reads through each
         database and pulls out key fields, which are sorted
         separately.  The sorted key fields contain the file pointer,
         byte offset, and length of corresponding records.	These
         records are delivered using disk seeks and reads, so sortbib
         may not be used in a pipeline to read standard input.

         By default, sortbib alphabetizes by the first %A and the %D
         fields, which contain the senior author and date.	The -s
         option is used to specify new KEYS.  For instance, -sATD
         will sort by author, title, and date, while -sA+D will sort
         by all authors, and date.	Sort keys past the fourth are not
         meaningful.  No more than 16 databases may be sorted
         together at one time.  Records longer than 4096 characters
         will be truncated.

         Sortbib sorts on the last word on the %A line, which is
         assumed to be the author's last name.  A word in the final
         position, such as ``jr.'' or ``ed.'', will be ignored if the
         name beforehand ends with a comma.  Authors with two-word
         last names or unusual constructions can be sorted correctly
         by using the nroff convention ``\0'' in place of a blank.	A
         %Q field is considered to be the same as %A, except sorting
         begins with the first, not the last, word.  Sortbib sorts on
         the last word of the %D line, usually the year.  It also
         ignores leading articles (like ``A'' or ``The'') when sort-
         ing by titles in the %T or %J fields; it will ignore arti-
         cles of any modern European language.  If a sort-significant
         field is absent from a record, sortbib places that record
         before other records containing that field.

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

    AUTHORS
         Greg Shenaut, Bill Tuthill

    BUGS
         Records with missing author fields should probably be sorted
         by title.

    Printed 11/26/99	 April 29, 1985                         1

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