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@subsection CommandSubsections are to sections as sections are to chapters. 
(See @section.)  In Info, subsection titles are
underlined with -.  For example,
@subsection This is a subsection
produces
This is a subsection --------------------
In a printed manual, subsections are listed in the table of contents and are numbered three levels deep.