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Name  Synopsis  Options  Logging-related options  Miscellaneous global options 

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This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.

Name

nix config show - show the Nix configuration or the value of a specific setting

Synopsis

nix config show [option…] name

Options

--json

Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.

--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.

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Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se