info

Display Help information.

Syntax
      info [OPTION]... [MENU-ITEM...]

Options
       --apropos=STRING
        look up STRING in all indices of all manuals.

       -d, --directory=DIR
        add DIR to INFOPATH.

       --dribble=FILENAME
        remember user keystrokes in FILENAME.

       -f, --file=FILENAME
        specify Info file 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=FILENAME
        output selected nodes to FILENAME.

       -R, --raw-escapes
        don’t remove ANSI escapes from man pages.

       --restore=FILENAME
        read initial keystrokes from FILENAME.

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

       --subnodes
        recursively output menu items.

       --vi-keys
        use vi-like and less-like key bindings.

       --version
        display version information and exit.

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.

Examples

Show Help Menu:

info

List the emacs node:

info emacs

List the buffers node within emacs manual:

info emacs buffers

start at node with emacs' command line options:

info --show-options emacs

show file ./foo.info, not searching dir:

info -f ./foo.info

“Effective management always means asking the right question” ~ Robert Heller

Related macOS commands

man - Display manual pages.


 
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