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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-12-01T15·55+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2003-12-01T15·55+0000
commit078e20885e0805e04669f9b334a516a6d8d12763 (patch)
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parent905d5b91fa6fa64e549f9019f9fab4150f00c13a (diff)
* Help text for all (non-script) programs, so no more:
$ nix-instantiate --help
error: unknown flag `--help`
Try `nix-instantiate --help' for more information.

:-)

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+nix-instantiate [OPTIONS...] [FILES...]
+
+`nix-instantiate' turns Nix expressions into store expressions. 
+
+The argument `-' may be specified to read a Nix expression from
+standard input.
+
+Options:
+
+  --version: output version information
+  --help: display help
+
+Options:
+
+  --verbose / -v: verbose operation (may be repeated)