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
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
SEE ALSO