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<span id="Ending-a-Texinfo-File"></span><h3 class="section">3.8 Ending a Texinfo File</h3>
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<p>The end of a Texinfo file should include commands to create indices
(see <a href="Printing-Indices-_0026-Menus.html">Printing Indices & Menus</a>), and the <code>@bye</code> command to mark
the last line to be processed. For example:
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@unnumbered Index
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<span id="File-End"></span><p>An <code>@bye</code> command terminates Texinfo processing. None of the
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