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Section: User Commands (1)

Updated: December 2014

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NAME

info - read Info documents

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

Read documentation in Info format.

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.:
--dribble=,FILE/: remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.:
-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.:
-R, --raw-escapes: output "raw" ANSI escapes (default).:
--no-raw-escapes: output escapes as literal text.:
--restore=,FILE/: read initial keystrokes from FILE.:
-O, --show-options, --usage: go to command-line options node.:
--strict-node-location: (for debugging) use Info file pointers as-is.:
--subnodes: recursively output menu items.:
-v, --variable VAR=VALUE: assign VALUE to Info variable VAR.:
--vi-keys: use vi-like and less-like key bindings.:
--version: display version information and exit.:
-w, --where, --location: print physical location of Info file.:
-x, --debug=,NUMBER/: set debugging level (-1 for all).:

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.