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INFO
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: September 2008
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NAME
info - read Info documents
SYNOPSIS
info
[OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]
DESCRIPTION
Read documentation in Info format.
OPTIONS
- -k, --apropos=STRING
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look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.
- -d, --directory=DIR
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add DIR to INFOPATH.
- --dribble=FILENAME
-
remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.
- -f, --file=FILENAME
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specify Info file to visit.
- -h, --help
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display this help and exit.
- --index-search=STRING
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go to node pointed by index entry STRING.
- -n, --node=NODENAME
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specify nodes in first visited Info file.
- -o, --output=FILENAME
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output selected nodes to FILENAME.
- -R, --raw-escapes
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output "raw" ANSI escapes (default).
- --no-raw-escapes
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output escapes as literal text.
- --restore=FILENAME
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read initial keystrokes from FILENAME.
- -O, --show-options, --usage
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go to command-line options node.
- --subnodes
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recursively output menu items.
- --vi-keys
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use vi-like and less-like key bindings.
- --version
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display version information and exit.
- -w, --where, --location
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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
-
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 © 2008 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.
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