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INFO(1)				 User Commands			       INFO(1)

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

       -O, --show-options, --usage
	      go to command-line options node

       --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 re-
       maining 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 --show-options emacs
	      start at node with emacs'	command	line options

       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 discus-
       sion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
       Texinfo home page: http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2021 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.)

info 6.8			   July	2021			       INFO(1)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | REPORTING BUGS | COPYRIGHT | SEE ALSO

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