info
read Info documents
info [option]... [menu-item …]
Read documentation in Info format.
-f
--file=manual specify Info manual to visit
| -a
--all use all matching manuals
| -f
--file=manual specify Info manual to visit
| -k
--apropos=string look up string in all indices of all manuals
| -d
--directory=dir add dir to INFOPATH
| --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
-O
--show-options
--usage go to command-line options node
| --subnodes| recursively output menu items
| -v
--variable var=value assign value to Info variable VAR
| --version| display version information and exit
| -h
--help display this help and exit
| -w
--where
--location print physical location of Info file
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The first non-option argument, 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.
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
| show top-level dir menu | info
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| show the manual for this Info program | info info-stnd
| start at emacs node from top-level dir | info emacs
| select buffers menu entry in emacs manual | info emacs buffers
| start at Files node within emacs manual | info emacs -n Files
| alternative way to start at Files node | info '(emacs)Files'
| start at node with emacs' command line options | info --show-options emacs
| dump entire emacs manual to out.txt | info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
| show file ./foo.info, not searching dir | info -f ./foo.info
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