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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
REPORTING BUGS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO

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: 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 bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
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 permitted by law.