nix nar cat - Lix Reference Manual

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

# Name

`nix nar cat` - print the contents of a file inside a NAR file on stdout

# Synopsis

`nix nar cat` [option...] nar path

# Examples

- List a file in a NAR and pipe it through `gunzip`:

      # nix nar cat ./hello.nar /share/man/man1/hello.1.gz | gunzip
      .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.46.4.
      .TH HELLO "1" "November 2014" "hello 2.10" "User Commands"
      …

# Description

This command prints on standard output the contents of the regular file path inside the NAR file nar.