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Name

info - read Info documents

Synopsis

info [\,OPTION\/]... [\,MENU-ITEM\/...]

Description

Read documentation in Info format.

Frequently-Used Options:

-a, --all use all matching manuals

-k, --apropos=\,STRING\/ look up STRING in all indices of all manuals

-d, --directory=\,DIR\/ add DIR to INFOPATH

-f, --file=\,MANUAL\/ specify Info manual to visit

-h, --help display this help and exit

--index-search=\,STRING\/ go to node pointed by index entry STRING

-n, --node=\,NODENAME\/ specify nodes in first visited Info file

-o, --output=\,FILE\/ output selected nodes to FILE

-O, --show-options, --usage go to command-line options node

--subnodes recursively output menu items

-v, --variable VAR=VALUE assign VALUE to Info variable VAR

--version display version information and exit

-w, --where, --location print physical location of Info file

The first non-option argument, if present, is the menu entry to start from; it is searched for in all 'dir' files along INFOPATH. If it is not present, info merges all 'dir' files and shows the result. Any remaining arguments are treated as the names of menu items relative to the initial node visited.

For a summary of key bindings, type H within Info.

Examples

info show top-level dir menu

info info-stnd show the manual for this Info program

info emacs start at emacs node from top-level dir

info emacs buffers select buffers menu entry in emacs manual

info emacs -n Files start at Files node within emacs manual

info '(emacs)Files' alternative way to start at Files node

info --show-options emacs start at node with emacs' command line options

info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs dump entire emacs manual to out.txt

info -f ./foo.info show file ./foo.info, not searching dir

Reporting Bugs

Email bug reports to [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected]. Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

Copyright

Copyright © 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.