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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml | 21 |
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diff --git a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml index 5c44c4a8f446..cb443c888d3d 100644 --- a/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml +++ b/doc/manual/command-ref/nix-shell.xml @@ -317,13 +317,28 @@ while (my $token = $p->get_tag("a")) { </para> -<para>Finally, the following Haskell script uses a specific branch of -Nixpkgs/NixOS (the 14.12 stable branch): +<para>Sometimes you need to pass a simple Nix expression to customize +a package like Terraform: + +<programlisting><![CDATA[ +#! /usr/bin/env nix-shell +#! nix-shell -i bash -p "terraform.withPlugins (plugins: [ plugins.openstack ])" + +terraform apply +]]></programlisting> + +<note><para>You must use double quotes (<literal>"</literal>) when +passing a simple Nix expression in a nix-shell shebang.</para></note> +</para> + +<para>Finally, using the merging of multiple nix-shell shebangs the +following Haskell script uses a specific branch of Nixpkgs/NixOS (the +18.03 stable branch): <programlisting><![CDATA[ #! /usr/bin/env nix-shell #! nix-shell -i runghc -p haskellPackages.ghc haskellPackages.HTTP haskellPackages.tagsoup -#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-14.12.tar.gz +#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs-channels/archive/nixos-18.03.tar.gz import Network.HTTP import Text.HTML.TagSoup |