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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14   Frequently-used options:
15       -a, --all
16              use all matching manuals
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18       -k, --apropos=STRING
19              look up STRING in all indices of all manuals
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21       -d, --directory=DIR
22              add DIR to INFOPATH
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24       -f, --file=MANUAL
25              specify Info manual to visit
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27       -h, --help
28              display this help and exit
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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
34              specify nodes in first visited Info file
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36       -o, --output=FILE
37              output selected nodes to FILE
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39       --subnodes
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42       -v, --variable VAR=VALUE
43              assign VALUE to Info variable VAR
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45       --version
46              display version information and exit
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48       -w, --where, --location
49              print physical location of Info file
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51       The  first  non-option argument, if present, is the menu entry to start
52       from; it is searched for in all 'dir' files along INFOPATH.  If  it  is
53       not present, info merges all 'dir' files and shows the result.  Any re‐
54       maining arguments are treated as the names of menu  items  relative  to
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57       For a summary of key bindings, type H within Info.
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EXAMPLES

60       info   show top-level dir menu
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62       info info-stnd
63              show the manual for this Info program
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65       info emacs
66              start at emacs node from top-level dir
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68       info emacs buffers
69              select buffers menu entry in emacs manual
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71       info emacs -n Files
72              start at Files node within emacs manual
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74       info '(emacs)Files'
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77       info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
78              dump entire emacs manual to out.txt
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80       info -f ./foo.info
81              show file ./foo.info, not searching dir
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REPORTING BUGS

84       Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus‐
85       sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
86       Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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89       Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
90       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
91       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
92       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

95       The full documentation for info is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If
96       the info program is properly installed at your site, the command
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98              info info
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100       should give you access to the complete manual.  (Or, if you have Emacs,
101       M-x info will lead to the manual.)
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105GNU texinfo 7.0.3                 March 2023                           INFO(1)
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