INFO

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2017
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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 bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2017 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.  

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for info is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info program is properly installed at your site, the command

info info

should give you access to the complete manual. (Or, if you have Emacs, M-x info will lead to the manual.)

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Index

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Frequently-used options:

EXAMPLES

REPORTING BUGS

COPYRIGHT

SEE ALSO