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layout: page
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category-page: basic
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category-title: Basic commands
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tags: manual
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author: Gianmarco De Vita
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title: info
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previous-page: pages/cmd/basic/whatis.html
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next-page: pages/cmd/basic/chown.html
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---
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An <i>.info</i> file is an information document created by Texinfo.<br>
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It stores documentation in a book format with chapters, sections,
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and subsections and can contain up to four layers of depth.<br>
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Info documents are used for storing software help manuals and technical books.<br>
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The <code>info</code> command allows you to read that kind of files
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and to search for particular information by using special flags.
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<pre>
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info [flag] [item]
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</pre>
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<h3>Look up for a specific string</h3>
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<p>Using the <code>--apropos</code> flag followed by a string, you obtain as
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output a list of all the contents which correspond to the string you wrote.
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<pre>
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info --apropos string
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</pre>
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If the string you inserted has nothing to do with the content of the info files,
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you will get a error message. For example:
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<pre>
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info --apropos duck
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info: No available info files have `duck' in their indices.
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</pre>
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<h3>An help with this command</h3>
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Using the <code>-h</code> flag (which stands for help), you obtain as
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output a brief paragraph in which are explained the features of this command.<br><br>
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<h3>Visit a specific <i>.info</i> file</h3>
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Using the <code>-f</code> flag followed by the path and a <i>.info</i> file, you
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as output obtain the content of that file.
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<pre>
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info -f path/filename.info
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</pre>
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