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Re: Do have programs have poor documentation? (was ... Re: Why? -- "A Modest Proposal")



On Monday, January 02, 2017 09:41:07 AM David Wright wrote:
> I have no problem navigating them. I usually consult them with the function
> 
> $ info --output=/dev/stdout --subnodes "$1" | less
> 
> which works well with PageUp/Dn.
> 

Nice, thanks!

It seems that to get info for a specific command / subject, add the command 
after info, i.e.:

$ info <command> --output=/dev/stdout --subnodes "$1" | less

E.g.:

$ info ls --output=/dev/stdout --subnodes "$1" | less


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