info - Man Page
read Info documents
Examples (TL;DR)
- Start reading top-level directory menu:
info - Start reading at given menu item node from top-level directory:
info menu_item - Start reading at second menu item within first menu item manual:
info first_menu_item second_menu_item
Synopsis
info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]
Description
Read documentation in Info format.
Frequently-used 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
- -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
- --subnodes
recursively output menu items
- -v, --variable VAR=VALUE
assign VALUE to Info variable VAR
- --version
display version information and exit
- -w, --where, --location
print physical location of Info file
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-stnd
show the manual for 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 --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
dump entire emacs 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 © 2024 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 maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info program is properly 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.)
Referenced By
amd(8), amd.conf(5), amq(8), automount2amd(8), ci(1), co(1), eplain(1), fixmount(8), fsinfo(8), gauche-cesconv(1), gauche-install(1), gauche-package(1), gsequencer(1), hlfsd(8), ident(1), info(5), man.man-db(1), merge(1), midi2xml(1), mk-amd-map(8), parted(8), pawd(1), rcs(1), rcsclean(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsfile(5), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1), texinfo(5), wire-test(8), x11vnc(1).