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INFO(1) | User Commands | INFO(1) |
NAME¶
info - read Info documentsSYNOPSIS¶
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).
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.COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright © 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>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- info info
December 2014 | info 5.2 |