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nix3-nar-cat

Name
Synopsis
Examples
Description
Options
Logging-related options
Miscellaneous global options

Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix nar cat - print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout

Synopsis

nix nar cat [ option …] nar path

Examples

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List a file in a Nix Archive (NAR) and pipe it through gunzip:

# nix nar cat ./hello.nar /share/man/man1/hello.1.gz | gunzip
.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.4.
.TH HELLO "1" "November 2014" "hello 2.10" "User Commands"
…

Description

This command prints on standard output the contents of the regular file path inside the NAR file nar .

Options

Logging-related options

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--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to β€˜debug’.

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--log-format format

Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

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--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.

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--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.

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--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

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--help

Show usage information.

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--offline

Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

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--option name value

Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

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--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

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--version

Show version information.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.