Bash Manual in Chapters; Using Emacs for Reading Info; Info Keys

Xah Lee, 2012-10-06

Linux bash man page man bash is huge, 5.3k lines, hard to find info. If you are a info/emacs user, you can install the info manual, that is nicely separated into chapters.

To install: sudo apt-get install bash-doc.

Once installed, launch emacs emacs &, then type 【F1 i】. Then, you can use mouse to browse just like a web browser.

Or, you can use keys.

Most Important Info Keybinding

Here's the most important info keys:

• 【Tab ↹】 move to next link. 【⇧ Shift+Tab ↹】 for previous. 【Enter ↵】 to visit the link.
• 【u】 go to parent node.
• 【n】 next node.
• 【p】 previous node.
• 【l】 last node. (like Browser's “Back”)

• 【s】 search by regex.
• 【h】 help. (a tutorial)
• 【F1 m】 list all keys.
• 【q】 quit.