1INFO(1)                          User Commands                         INFO(1)
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NAME

6       info - read Info documents
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SYNOPSIS

9       info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Read documentation in Info format.
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OPTIONS

15       -k, --apropos=STRING
16              look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.
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18       -d, --directory=DIR
19              add DIR to INFOPATH.
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21       --dribble=FILENAME
22              remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.
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24       -f, --file=FILENAME
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27       -h, --help
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30       --index-search=STRING
31              go to node pointed by index entry STRING.
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33       -n, --node=NODENAME
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36       -o, --output=FILENAME
37              output selected nodes to FILENAME.
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39       -R, --raw-escapes
40              output "raw" ANSI escapes (default).
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42       --no-raw-escapes
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45       --restore=FILENAME
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48       -O, --show-options, --usage
49              go to command-line options node.
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51       --subnodes
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54       --vi-keys
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57       --version
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60       -w, --where, --location
61              print physical location of Info file.
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63       The  first  non-option argument, if present, is the menu entry to start
64       from; it is searched for in all `dir' files along INFOPATH.  If  it  is
65       not  present,  info  merges  all `dir' files and shows the result.  Any
66       remaining arguments are treated as the names of menu items relative  to
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69       For a summary of key bindings, type h within Info.
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EXAMPLES

72       info   show top-level dir menu
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74       info info
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77       info info-stnd
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80       info emacs
81              start at emacs node from top-level dir
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83       info emacs buffers
84              start at buffers node within emacs manual
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86       info --show-options emacs
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89       info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
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92       info -f ./foo.info
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REPORTING BUGS

96       Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus‐
97       sion     to     help-texinfo@gnu.org.      Texinfo      home      page:
98       http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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101       Copyright  ©  2008  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
102       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
103       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
104       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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