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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 hash path - print cryptographic hash of the NAR serialisation of a path

Synopsis

nix hash path [option…] paths

Options

--algo hash-algo

Hash algorithm (blake3, md5, sha1, sha256, or sha512).

--base16

Print the hash in base-16 format.

--base32

Print the hash in base-32 (Nix-specific) format.

--base64

Print the hash in base-64 format.

--format hash-format

Hash format (base16, nix32, base64, sri). Default: sri.

--mode file-ingestion-method

How to compute the hash of the input. One of:

nar (the default): Serialises the input as a Nix Archive and passes that to the hash function.

flat: Assumes that the input is a single file and directly passes it to the hash function.

--sri

Print the hash in SRI format.

--type hash-algo

Hash algorithm (blake3, md5, sha1, sha256, or sha512).

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Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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