# phpman > man > INFO(1)

> **TLDR:** Read documentation stored in the info format.
>
- Start reading top-level directory menu:
  `info`
- Start reading at given menu item node from top-level directory:
  `info {{menu_item}}`
- Start reading at second menu item within first menu item manual:
  `info {{first_menu_item}} {{second_menu_item}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## NAME
       info - read Info documents

## SYNOPSIS
       **info** [_OPTION_]... [_MENU-ITEM_...]

## DESCRIPTION
       Read documentation in Info format.

### Frequently-used options:
### -a --all
              use all matching manuals

### -k --apropos
              look up STRING in all indices of all manuals

### -d --directory
              add DIR to INFOPATH

### -f --file
              specify Info manual to visit

### -h --help
              display this help and exit

       **--index-search**=_STRING_
              go to node pointed by index entry STRING

### -n --node
              specify nodes in first visited Info file

### -o --output
              output selected nodes to FILE

### -O --show-options --usage
              go to command-line options node

### --subnodes
              recursively output menu items

### -v --variable
              assign VALUE to Info variable VAR

### --version
              display version information and exit

### -w --where --location
              print physical location of Info file

       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.

       For a summary of key bindings, type H within Info.

## EXAMPLES
       info   show top-level dir menu

       info info-stnd
              show the manual for this Info program

       info emacs
              start at emacs node from top-level dir

       info emacs buffers
              select buffers menu entry in emacs manual

       info emacs -n Files
              start at Files node within emacs manual

       info '(emacs)Files'
              alternative way to start at Files node

       info --show-options emacs
              start at node with emacs' command line options

       info --subnodes -o out.txt emacs
              dump entire emacs manual to out.txt

       info -f ./foo.info
              show file ./foo.info, not searching dir

## REPORTING BUGS
       Email bug reports to <bug-texinfo@gnu.org>,  general  questions  and  discussion  to  help-tex‐
       <info@gnu.org>.
       Texinfo home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/>

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
       <<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for **info** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** program is
       properly installed at your site, the command

              **info** **info**

       should give you access to the complete manual.  (Or, if you have Emacs, M-x info will lead to
       the manual.)



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