INFO
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.
EXAMPLES
- info
- show top-level dir menu:
- info info
- show the general manual for Info readers:
- info info-stnd
- show the manual specific to this Info program:
- info emacs
- start at emacs node from top-level dir:
- info emacs buffers
- start at buffers node within emacs manual:
- info --show-options emacs
- start at node with emacs' command line options:
- info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
- dump entire 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 © 2013 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 provided by the texinfo-doc-nonfree package as a Texinfo manual. If this package is installed at your site, the command
<DD CLASS="c2|info info:
should give you access to the complete manual. (Or, if you have Emacs, M-x info will lead to the manual.)
Index
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
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