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

--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

REPORTING BUGS
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/

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.)