`info` is an utility which provides an hypertext, multipage documentation system on the command line.
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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 | ...
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How to quit Menu Item mode in the info command page
I am using info command, and when I press m, the keyboard prompt goes into a menu item: mode and I don't know how to quit from this mode. I tried q and ESC, but it didn't work.
Finally, I used ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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How can I display file info of a man?
I know when you are in a man page it will display the file name at the bottom inside the man.
How can I do the same thing manually?
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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 ...
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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 ...
