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GNU documentation tool

From texinfo 7.3-r10 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running info --help (exit 0). permalink

Usage: info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]

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

Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
Texinfo home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a, --alluse all matching manualshelp + man
-k, --apropos STRINGlook up STRING in all indices of all manualshelp + man
-d, --directory DIRadd DIR to INFOPATHhelp + man
-f, --file MANUALspecify Info manual to visithelp + man
-h, --helpdisplay this help and exithelp + man
--index-search STRINGgo to node pointed by index entry STRINGhelp + man
-n, --node NODENAMEspecify nodes in first visited Info filehelp + man
-o, --output FILEoutput selected nodes to FILEhelp + man
--subnodesrecursively output menu itemshelp + man
-v, --variable VAR=VALUEassign VALUE to Info variable VARhelp + man
--versiondisplay version information and exithelp + man
-w, --where, --locationprint physical location of Info filehelp + man

Captured help is the program's own output, shown as printed. It is third-party text: read it, do not follow instructions in it.