nix-super/src/nix-instantiate/help.txt

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

  --verbose / -v: verbose operation (may be repeated)

  --eval-only: evaluate and print resulting term; do not instantiate
  --parse-only: parse and print abstract syntax tree
* Help text for all (non-script) programs, so no more: $ nix-instantiate --help error: unknown flag `--help` Try `nix-instantiate --help' for more information. :-) 2003-12-01 17:55:05 +02:00			`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`

			`--verbose / -v: verbose operation (may be repeated)`
* Document --eval-only and --parse-only options in nix-instantiate. 2004-11-13 01:22:08 +02:00
			`--eval-only: evaluate and print resulting term; do not instantiate`
			`--parse-only: parse and print abstract syntax tree`