NAME
info - read Info documents
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.
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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 [email protected], general questions and discussion to [email protected].
Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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.)