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Convert short nix options to long ones

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e.g. nix-env -e subversion => nix-env --uninstall subversion

The aim is to make the documentation less cryptic for newcomers and the
long options are more self-documenting.

The change was made with the following script:

<https://github.com/aschmolck/convert-short-nix-opts-to-long-ones>

and sanity checked visually.
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Alexander Schmolck 2023-04-30 14:52:38 +01:00
parent 5fd161189d
commit 8d4b6766e2
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doc/manual/src/command-ref/nix-instantiate.md
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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Instantiate [store derivation]s from a Nix expression, and build them using `nix
$ nix-instantiate test.nix (instantiate)
/nix/store/cigxbmvy6dzix98dxxh9b6shg7ar5bvs-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26.drv
$ nix-store -r $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
$ nix-store --realise $(nix-instantiate test.nix) (build)
...
/nix/store/qhqk4n8ci095g3sdp93x7rgwyh9rdvgk-perl-BerkeleyDB-0.26 (output path)
@ -100,30 +100,30 @@ dr-xr-xr-x 2 eelco users 4096 1970-01-01 01:00 lib
You can also give a Nix expression on the command line:
```console
$ nix-instantiate -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
$ nix-instantiate --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; hello'
/nix/store/j8s4zyv75a724q38cb0r87rlczaiag4y-hello-2.8.drv
```
This is equivalent to:
```console
$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' -A hello
$ nix-instantiate '<nixpkgs>' --attr hello
```
Parsing and evaluating Nix expressions:
```console
$ nix-instantiate --parse -E '1 + 2'
$ nix-instantiate --parse --expr '1 + 2'
1 + 2
```
```console
$ nix-instantiate --eval -E '1 + 2'
$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '1 + 2'
3
```
```console
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E '1 + 2'
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr '1 + 2'
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<expr>
<int value="3" />
@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ $ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E '1 + 2'
The difference between non-strict and strict evaluation:
```console
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
...
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />
@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Note that `y` is left unevaluated (the XML representation doesn’t
attempt to show non-normal forms).
```console
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict -E 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
$ nix-instantiate --eval --xml --strict --expr 'rec { x = "foo"; y = x; }'
...
<attr name="x">
<string value="foo" />