info

Read Info documents

Overview

Displays information from the Info documentation system, which is a collection of documents that can be read online.

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

--apropos=STRING

Search the index of Info files for STRING.

--all

Display all matching Info files in sequence, not just the first one.

--where, --path

Print the location(s) of the Info file(s) instead of displaying them.

--output-file=FILE

Output the Info document to FILE instead of the standard output.

--help

Display help text and exit.

--version

Output version information and exit.

$ info ls

Displays the Info documentation for the `ls` command.

$ info --apropos=printf

Searches for "printf" in Info documentation.

$ info --all ls

Displays all Info documentation related to `ls`.

$ info --where ls

Prints the location of the Info documentation for `ls`.

Shut down or reboot the system

Reboot the system

Halt the system

Power off the system

Format and display the on-line manual pages

Delay for a specified amount of time

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