info1
Read info documents
Usage
info [OPTION] ...
[MENU-ITEM ...]
Overview
Read documentation in Info format.
Frequently-used options:
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-a, --all -
use all matching manuals
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-k, --apropos=STRING -
look up STRING in all indices of all manuals
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-d, --directory=DIR -
add DIR to INFOPATH
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-f, --file=MANUAL -
specify Info manual to visit
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-h, --help -
display this help and exit
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--index-search=STRING -
go to node pointed by index entry STRING
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-n, --node=NODENAME -
specify nodes in first visited Info file
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-o, --output=FILE -
output selected nodes to FILE
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--subnodes -
recursively output menu items
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-v, --variable VAR=VALUE -
assign VALUE to Info variable VAR
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--version -
display version information and exit
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-w, --where, --location -
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.
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Examples: |
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info
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show top-level dir menu |
info info-stnd
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show the manual for this Info program |
info emacs
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start at emacs node from top-level dir |
info emacs buffers
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select buffers menu entry in emacs manual |
info emacs
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start at Files node within emacs manual |
info '(emacs)Files'
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alternative way to start at Files node |
info
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dump entire emacs manual to out.txt |
info
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show file ./foo.info, not searching dir |
Releases
19 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 13 times.
--all since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--apropos since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--file since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--help since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--index-search since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--location since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--node since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--output since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--subnodes since Debian 2.2 (Potato);
--variable since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--where since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-a since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-d since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-f since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-k since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze);
-n since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-o since Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-v since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-w since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).
--debug until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--dribble until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--no-raw-escapes until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--raw-escapes until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--restore until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--show-options until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--strict-node-location until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--usage until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
--vi-keys until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-O until Debian 12 (Bookworm);
-R until Debian 9 (Stretch);
-x until Debian 9 (Stretch).