Commands tagged info (9)

  • RTFM function

    Some commands have more information on 'info' than in the man pages


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    rtfm() { help $@ || info $@ || man $@ || $BROWSER "http://www.google.com/search?q=$@"; }
    seattlegaucho · 2011-01-05 21:26:51 43
  • vi keybindings with info

    Info has some of the worst keybindings I've ever seen. Being a vim user, I attribute that to emacs influence. Use the --vi-keys option to use some of the vi keybindings, although this won't change all the keybindings. Use the "infokey" program to have more control over info keybindings.


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    info --vi-keys
    kFiddle · 2009-04-11 22:10:08 83
  • shell function to make gnu info act like man.

    I use this alias in my bashrc. The --vi-keys option makes info use vi-like and less-like key bindings.


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    alias info='info --vi-keys'
    eightmillion · 2010-02-16 16:35:17 4
  • Use GNU info with a pager

    This makes GNU info output menu items recursively and pipe its contents to less, allowing one to use GNU info in a manner similar to 'man'.


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    info --subnodes -o - <item> | less
    EvanTeitelman · 2013-06-11 01:23:23 8
  • get the full description of a randomly selected package from the list of installed packages on a debian system

    I put this command on my ~/.bashrc in order to learn something new about installed packages on my Debian/Ubuntu system each time I open a new terminal Show Sample Output


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    dpkg-query --status $(dpkg --get-selections | awk '{print NR,$1}' | grep -oP "^$( echo $[ ( ${RANDOM} % $(dpkg --get-selections| wc -l) + 1 ) ] ) \K.*")
    acavagni · 2019-06-01 13:24:07 45
  • View an info page on a nice interface

    Nice interface for an info page.


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    yelp info:foo
    renich · 2009-03-29 07:14:48 7
  • Read info(1) pages using 'less' instead of GNU Texinfo

    I like man pages, and I like using `less(1)` as my pager. However, most GNU software keeps the manual in the 'GNU Texinfo' format, and I'm not a fan of the info(1) interface. Just give me less. This command will print out the info(1) pages, using the familiar interface of less! Show Sample Output


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    info gpg |less
    StefanLasiewski · 2010-07-01 23:44:15 6
  • Find installed network devices

    Find installed network devices. Show Sample Output


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    sudo lshw -C network
    cantormath · 2012-06-07 10:32:49 4
  • Use GNU info with a pager

    This command is similar to the above, but is much simpler to remember. Sure, it's isn't as precise as the parent command, but most people aren't going to remember those --flags anyways unless you stick it into your .bashrc on every single system that you manage. Show Sample Output


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    info foo |less
    StefanLasiewski · 2013-09-12 16:49:08 7

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