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INFO(1)                                             User Commands                                             INFO(1)



NAME
       info - read Info documents

SYNOPSIS
       info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]

DESCRIPTION
       Read documentation in Info format.

OPTIONS
       -k, --apropos=STRING
              look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.

       -d, --directory=DIR
              add DIR to INFOPATH.

       --dribble=FILENAME
              remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.

       -f, --file=FILENAME
              specify Info file 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=FILENAME
              output selected nodes to FILENAME.

       -R, --raw-escapes
              output "raw" ANSI escapes (default).

       --no-raw-escapes
              output escapes as literal text.

       --restore=FILENAME
              read initial keystrokes from FILENAME.

       -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.

       --vi-keys
              use vi-like and less-like key bindings.

       --version
       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
       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  per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full documentation for info is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info program is properly 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.)



info 5.1                                              June 2014                                               INFO(1)