FreeBSD Handbook : Unix Basics : GNU Info Files
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3.2. GNU Info Files

FreeBSD includes many applications and utilities produced by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). In addition to man pages, these programs come with more extensive hypertext documents called info files which can be viewed with the info command or, if you installed emacs, the info mode of emacs.

To use the info(1) command, simply type:

% info
For a brief introduction, type h. For a quick command reference, type ?.


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