info(1)

NAME

   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
          select buffers menu entry in emacs manual

   info emacs -n Files
          start at Files node within emacs manual

   info '(emacs)Files'
          alternative way to start at Files node

   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  2016 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.

SEE ALSO

   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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