INFO(5) File Formats Manual INFO(5)

# [NAME](#NAME)

info - readable online documentation

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The Info file format is an easily-parsable representation for online documents. It can be read by [**emacs(1)**](/man/os/texinfo/emacs.1) and [**info(1)**](/man/os/texinfo/info.1) among other programs.

Info files are usually created from [**texinfo(5)**](/man/os/texinfo/texinfo.5) sources by **[makeinfo(1)](/man/os/texinfo/makeinfo.1) ,** but can be created from scratch if so desired.

For a full description of the Texinfo language and associated tools, please see the Texinfo manual (written in Texinfo itself). Most likely, running this command from your shell:

```
info texinfo
```

or this key sequence from inside Emacs:

```
M-x info RET m texinfo RET
```

will get you there.

# [AVAILABILITY](#AVAILABILITY)

https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/

# [REPORTING BUGS](#REPORTING_BUGS)

Please send bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org, general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**info**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/info.1), [**install-info**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/install-info.1), [**makeinfo**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/makeinfo.1), [**texi2dvi**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/texi2dvi.1),  
[**texindex**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/texindex.1).  
[**emacs**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/emacs.1), [**tex**(1)](/man/os/texinfo/tex.1).  
[**texinfo**(5)](/man/os/texinfo/texinfo.5).

GNU Info FSF

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Document: info(5) from texinfo 7.3-r10 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/texinfo.git