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+synopsis: "CLI options `--arg-from-file` and `--arg-from-stdin`"
+prs: 10122
+---
+
+The new CLI option `--arg-from-file` *name* *path* passes the contents
+of file *path* as a string value via the function argument *name* to a
+Nix expression. Similarly, the new option `--arg-from-stdin` *name*
+reads the contents of the string from standard input.