Name

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

Synopsis

       nix nar cat [option…] nar path

Examples

       •  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
       •  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

       •  --log-format format

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

       •  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       •  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       •  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       •  --help

          Show usage information.

       •  --offline

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

       •  --option name value

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

       •  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       •  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

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

                                                                                                 nix3-nar-cat(1)