Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix store cat - print the contents of a file in the Nix store on stdout
Synopsis
nix store cat [option...] path
Examples
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Show the contents of a file in a binary cache:
# nix store cat --store https://cache.nixos.org/ \ /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10/bin/hello | hexdump -C | head -n1 00000000 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.ELF............| 
Description
This command prints on standard output the contents of the regular file path in a Nix store. path can be a top-level store path or any file inside a store path.
Options
Logging-related options
- 
Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.
 - 
--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of
raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs. - 
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error.
 - 
Decrease the logging verbosity level.
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
 
Miscellaneous global options
- 
Show usage information.
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Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.
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--optionname valueSet the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding
nix.conf). - 
Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.
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Show version information.
 
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.