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6 info - read Info documents
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9 info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]
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12 Read documentation in Info format.
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15 --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
25 specify Info file 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=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
43 output escapes as literal text.
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45 --restore=FILENAME
46 read initial keystrokes from FILENAME.
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48 -O, --show-options, --usage
49 go to command-line options node.
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51 --subnodes
52 recursively output menu items.
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54 -w, --where, --location
55 print physical location of Info file.
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57 --vi-keys
58 use vi-like and less-like key bindings.
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61 display version information and exit.
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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
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70 info show top-level dir menu
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72 info emacs
73 start at emacs node from top-level dir
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75 info emacs buffers
76 start at buffers node within emacs manual
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78 info --show-options emacs
79 start at node with emacs' command line options
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81 info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
82 dump entire manual to out.txt
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84 info -f ./foo.info
85 show file ./foo.info, not searching dir
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88 Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discus‐
89 sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org. Texinfo home page:
90 http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
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93 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU
94 GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
95 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
96 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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