NIXIO(1)

🦋 NAME 🦋

hey bestie, welcome to NIXIO(1) — section 1, User Commands — and ngl, she's iconic. the whole thing is: nixio — command line interface for nixio tools. that's it, that's the assignment. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so first things first, here's the usage line, verbatim, no cap:

usage: nixio [-h] {explore,validate,upgrade} ...

Command line interface for nixio tools

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🎀 options: 🎀

• -h, --help — show this help message and exit. your supportive bestie when you're lost fr fr 🫶

👑 commands: 👑

the whole lineup, and it's giving range: {explore,validate,upgrade}

🔥 explore

Search for information within NIX file(s). 💖

sooo explore is the nosy one (affectionate) — she searches for information within your NIX file(s). want general info about the file(s) first? that's literally what the file command is for. want her to go deeper? the verbose flag exists, and the way that multiple -v options increase the verbosity… stack them, bestie. for example, nixio explore file nix_file -vvv gets you the most detailed output. 🌈

and there's MORE. the metadata (a.k.a. mdata) and data commands throw in further options for finding and viewing data and metadata information. 💫 with the dump subcommand, data can be dumped to file (up to 3D data — three dimensions, she's multidimensional, main character energy). 🍓

the plot command is only available if the nixworks package is installed (https://github.com/G-node/nixworks). so if you're out here like "where's plot", check that first. 🧚

NOTE: This tool is under active development. Please use the github issue tracker (https://github.com/G-node/nixpy/issues) for bug reports and feature requests.

🦋 validate

Validate NIX files for missing or inconsistent objects and annotations. ✨

she's the vibe check for your files: any missing or inconsistent objects and annotations get caught. structured queen behavior. 👑

🌸 upgrade

Upgrade NIX files to newest file format version. 💐

glow-up service. she upgrades your NIX files to the newest file format version, periodt.

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aaaand that's the page, bestie 🎀 this was written for nixio 1.5.4+dfsg, dropped in November 2025 — go forth, explore, validate, upgrade, and stay slay 💖🌈✨