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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.24.
.TH INFO "1" "March 2002" "GNU texinfo 4.1" FSF
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.SH NAME
info \- read Info documents
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B info
[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIMENU-ITEM\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Read documentation in Info format.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-apropos\fR=\fISUBJECT\fR
look up SUBJECT in all indices of all manuals.
.TP
\fB\-\-directory\fR=\fIDIR\fR
add DIR to INFOPATH.
.TP
\fB\-\-dribble\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.
.TP
\fB\-\-file\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
specify Info file to visit.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit.
.TP
\fB\-\-index\-search\fR=\fISTRING\fR
go to node pointed by index entry STRING.
.TP
\fB\-\-node\fR=\fINODENAME\fR
specify nodes in first visited Info file.
.TP
\fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
output selected nodes to FILENAME.
.TP
\fB\-\-raw\-escapes\fR
don't remove ANSI escapes from man pages.
.TP
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\fB\-\-restore\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
read initial keystrokes from FILENAME.
.TP
\fB\-\-show\-options\fR, \fB\-\-usage\fR
go to command-line options node.
.TP
\fB\-\-subnodes\fR
recursively output menu items.
.TP
\fB\-\-vi\-keys\fR
use vi-like and less-like key bindings.
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
display version information and exit.
.PP
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.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
info
show top-level dir menu
.TP
info emacs
start at emacs node from top-level dir
.TP
info emacs buffers
start at buffers node within emacs manual
.TP
info \fB\-\-show\-options\fR emacs
start at node with emacs' command line options
.TP
info \fB\-f\fR ./foo.info
show file ./foo.info, not searching dir
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Email bug reports to bug-texinfo@gnu.org,
general questions and discussion to help-texinfo@gnu.org.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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There is NO warranty. You may redistribute this software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.