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 [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected].

Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

RELATED TO info…

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.)

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