nix3-nar-cat(1)             General Commands Manual            nix3-nar-cat(1)


              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
       o  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
       o  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to `debug'.

       o  --log-format format

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

       o  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       o  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       o  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       o  --help

          Show usage information.

       o  --offline

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

       o  --option name value

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

       o  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       o  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

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

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