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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
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doc/manual/src/introduction.md
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@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ there after an upgrade. This means that you can _roll back_ to the
old version:
```console
$ nix-env --upgrade -A nixpkgs.some-package
$ nix-env --upgrade --attr nixpkgs.some-package
$ nix-env --rollback
```
@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Nix expressions generally describe how to build a package from
source, so an installation action like
```console
$ nix-env --install -A nixpkgs.firefox
$ nix-env --install --attr nixpkgs.firefox
```
_could_ cause quite a bit of build activity, as not only Firefox but
@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ Pan newsreader, as described by [its
Nix expression](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/networking/newsreaders/pan/default.nix):
```console
$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' -A pan
$ nix-shell '<nixpkgs>' --attr pan
```
You’re then dropped into a shell where you can edit, build and test