nix3-help - (unknown subject)

Name  Synopsis  Examples  Options  Logging-related options  Miscellaneous global options 

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

Name

nix help - show help about nix or a particular subcommand

Synopsis

nix help [option…] subcommand…

Examples

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Show help about nix in general:

# nix help

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Show help about a particular subcommand:

# nix help flake info

Options

Logging-related options

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--debug

Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

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--log-format format

Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-with-logs.

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--print-build-logs / -L

Print full build logs on standard error.

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--quiet

Decrease the logging verbosity level.

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--verbose / -v

Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options

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--help

Show usage information.

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--offline

Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

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--option name value

Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).

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--refresh

Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

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--version

Show version information.

Note

See man nix.conf for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.

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