nix3-help(1)

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version 2.35.3 · 10 versions
, in fedora 44

💖 nix3-help(1) 💖

General Commands Manual — yes bestie, that's the vibe, this page lives in the Nix manual under the name nix3-help(1). 🎀

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change. Like, for real. Do not get attached to the exact shape of things, she's still growing. 🌱

✨ Name ✨

nix help — show help about nix or a particular subcommand 🫶

🌸 Synopsis 🌸

nix help [option…] subcommand…

🦋 Examples 🦋

  • Show help about nix in general — the whole big picture, main character energy:
# nix help
  • Show help about a particular subcommand — zoom in on just that one ✨:
# nix help flake info

👑 Options 👑

  • --debug — crank the logging verbosity level all the way up to debug. Maximum yapping mode. 💬
  • --log-format format — pick how log output gets formatted; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs. Choose your aesthetic. 🌈
  • --print-build-logs, -L — print the full build logs on standard error. Every last crumb. 🍓
  • --quiet — decrease the logging verbosity level. Shhh, we're being demure. 🙈
  • --verbose, -v — increase the logging verbosity level. Tell me everything, no gatekeeping. 💜

🌟 Miscellaneous global options

  • --help — show usage information. Ironically, help about help. It's giving recursion, it's giving iconic. 😭
  • --offline — disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. Off the grid, no cap. 🌙
  • --option name value — set the Nix configuration setting name to value, overriding nix.conf. Commands get the final say, periodt. 👑
  • --refresh — consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. Everything gets re-checked, bestie. 🔥
  • --version — show version information. Who even are you (affectionate)? ⭐
📝 Note: see man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags. iykyk. 🧚

okay that's the whole page, slay 💖

This one comes to you straight from the manual, filed under nix3-help(1) in the General Commands Manual — so if the vibes ever feel off, that's the source of truth, and it's also literally the name at the bottom of the page. 🎀✨

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