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  1. <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
  2. <para><command>info</command> is used to read Info documents. Info
  3. documents are a bit like man pages, but often go much deeper than just
  4. explaining all the flags. Compare for example man tar and info tar.</para>
  5. <para><command>infokey</command> compiles a source file containing Info
  6. customizations into a binary format.</para>
  7. <para><command>install-info</command> is used to install Info files. It
  8. updates entries in the Info index file.</para>
  9. <para><command>makeinfo</command> translates the given Texinfo source
  10. documents into various other formats: Info files, plain text, or HTML.</para>
  11. <para><command>texi2dvi</command> is used to format the given Texinfo
  12. document into a device-independent file that can be printed.</para>
  13. <para><command>texindex</command> is used to sort Texinfo index files.</para>
  14. </sect2>