nix3-store-ls(1)

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version 2.35.3 · 12 versions
, in fedora 44

🌸 nix3-store-ls(1) 🌸

ok so bestie, this is a page from the General Commands Manual and it's literally all about snooping on stuff in the Nix store. pull up a chair, we're doing this 💖

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change. no cap. it might get a glow-up and change on you, so don't get too attached to the exact vibes, ok?

✨ Name ✨

nix store ls — show information about a path in the Nix store 🫶

✨ Synopsis ✨

nix store ls [option…] path

✨ Examples ✨

  • To list the contents of a store path in a binary cache 💅
# nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --long --recursive /nix/store/qbhyj3blxpw2i6pb7c6grc9185nbnpvy-hello-2.10
dr-xr-xr-x                    0 ./bin
-r-xr-xr-x                38184 ./bin/hello
dr-xr-xr-x                    0 ./share
…
  • To show information about a specific file in a binary cache 🔥
# nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --long /nix/store/qbhyj3blxpw2i6pb7c6grc9185nbnpvy-hello-2.10/bin/hello
-r-xr-xr-x                38184 hello

✨ Description ✨

This command shows information about path in a Nix store. and path? it can be a top-level store path or any file inside a store path. so like, the whole entire thing or just one lil file chilling inside it. iconic flexibility honestly 👑

✨ Options ✨

  • --directory, -d — show directories rather than their contents. like, we're looking at the folder itself, not what's inside it 🎀
  • --json — produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program. feeding the robots, we love that for you 🤖
  • --long, -l — show detailed file information. the full tea ☕
  • --no-pretty — print compact JSON output on a single line, even when the output is a terminal. some commands may print multiple JSON objects on separate lines.
See --pretty.
  • --pretty — print multi-line, indented JSON output for readability.
Default: indent if output is to a terminal.
This option is only effective when --json is also specified.
  • --recursive, -R — list subdirectories recursively. we're going alllll the way down 🕳️
  • --debug — set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’. maximum yapping about what's happening 🔍
  • --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. shhh 🤫
  • --verbose, -v — increase the logging verbosity level. tell me everything bestie 🗣️

🧚 Miscellaneous global options 🧚

  • --help — show usage information.
  • --offline — disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. airplane mode but make it Nix ✈️
  • --option name value — set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
  • --refresh — consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. spicy, we're re-checking everything 🔄
  • --version — show version information.
Note See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.

and that's the whole page, periodt 💜 this was nix3-store-ls(1) from the General Commands Manual — go forth and ls the store, you absolute main character ✨🌸

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