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

Local man page: info - Command line help page on your local machine.
man - Display manual pages.


 
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