`info` is a utility which provides a hypertext, multipage documentation system on the command line.
info processes files in the texinfo format, and presents the contents of those files in a tree form.
Official web page of texinfo.
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How can I tell what version of Linux I'm using?
Often times I will ssh into a new client's box to make changes to their website configuration without knowing much about the server configuration. I have seen a few ways to get information about the system you're using, but are there some standard…
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What is GNU Info for?
I understand what GNU Info is and how to use it, but what is it for? Why does it exist in parallel to the man pages? Why not write detailed man pages rather than provide a separate utility?
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Difference between help, info and man command
I know that these command will help to get syntax and options for commands but my question is that how they differ from each other?
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Why didn't GNU Info succeed man?
As per my knowledge/understanding both help and man came at the same time or have very little time difference between them. Then GNU Info came in and from what I have seen is much more verbose, much more detailed and arguably much better than what…
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Can I get vim-stlye (hjkl) navigation for GNU info?
The layout of my netbook's keyboard means that using the arrow keys for navigation is slightly uncomfortable. Is there a way to make GNU Info pages use vim-style hjkl navigation? I know I can
info printf | less
...and use j and k to scroll up and…
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viewing info documentation with vim
I'm trying to use the ManPageView addon to view info documentation within vim.
Although I find ManPageView very useful for, well, viewing manpages, its info-reading functionality doesn't seem to work at all. But then I almost never read info…
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Viewing info pages in a browser
Is there any way I can use a browser to view info pages? I know that it can be done with man pages based on the man page for man, but I couldn't find any such option for info.
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How do you output an info page to pdf?
If man -t ls | ps2pdf - > ls.pdf is useful for outputting the ls man page via ps2pdf to pdf, what about info pages?
I've tried something like the following but with no success:
info -o info | ps2pdf - > info.pdf
All this does is output a blank pdf…
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Some info pages missing
On my computer (ubuntu 12.04), some info pages are missing, like for tar.
When I enter info tar, it opens the tar manpage instead of the tar info manual.
So how can I install these pages on my system?
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How to scroll GNU info pages without unexpectedly jumping to the next node?
Using the ↑ and ↓ directional arrow keys to to scroll up and down the page in the GNU info pages causes the info page viewer to unexpectedly jump to another node, this is really disorienting.
How can I scroll down through the page and just have the…
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Alternative Info reader
I enjoy having choices of $PAGER, e.g.
more
less
most
...
Can I enjoy the same choice when reading Info documentation? (i.e. info tar)
What are my options?
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Difference between `info` and `pinfo`
What's the difference between info and pinfo besides color?
pinfo is:
a program for viewing info files
while info is:
Read documentation in Info format
I tried to search the web for the difference between these two command, but found no useful…
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texinfo: Can I write non-english info files? Such as Chinese, and how?
Most gnu manual files use info, write a texinfo then makeinfo produces info files, it's great.
Can texinfo contain non-English characters then produce non-English infos or pdfs?
How can I write Chinese info manuals? What is the best solutions for…
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GNU texinfo directory search method?
Does info (GNU texinfo 4.13) have a default search path for finding a dir file? Is it /usr/share/info? Even though I don't have an INFOPATH variable set in my environment, it seems to use the dir file in the path above.
Relatedly, I have a…
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How to update menu of info directory node?
I've installed some program that added menu items in info directory node (a main menu of info command). Then i manually deleted the programs info files from the system, so now when i click on 'program' item, it is not found. However the items of the…
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