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# Examples
* List a file in a [Nix Archive (NAR)][Nix Archive] and pipe it through `gunzip`:
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```console
# 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*.
[Nix Archive]: @docroot@/store/file-system-object/content-address.md#serial-nix-archive
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