R""( # Examples * Display all special commands within the REPL: ```console # nix repl nix-repl> :? ``` * Evaluate some simple Nix expressions: ```console # nix repl nix-repl> 1 + 2 3 nix-repl> map (x: x * 2) [1 2 3] [ 2 4 6 ] ``` * Interact with Nixpkgs in the REPL: ```console # nix repl --file example.nix Loading Installable ''... Added 3 variables. # nix repl --expr '{a={b=3;c=4;};}' Loading Installable ''... Added 1 variables. # nix repl --expr '{a={b=3;c=4;};}' a Loading Installable ''... Added 1 variables. # nix repl --extra-experimental-features 'flakes repl-flake' nixpkgs Loading Installable 'flake:nixpkgs#'... Added 5 variables. nix-repl> legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.emacs.name "emacs-27.1" nix-repl> :q # nix repl --expr 'import {}' Loading Installable ''... Added 12439 variables. nix-repl> emacs.name "emacs-27.1" nix-repl> emacs.drvPath "/nix/store/lp0sjrhgg03y2n0l10n70rg0k7hhyz0l-emacs-27.1.drv" nix-repl> drv = runCommand "hello" { buildInputs = [ hello ]; } "hello; hello > $out" nix-repl> :b drv this derivation produced the following outputs: out -> /nix/store/0njwbgwmkwls0w5dv9mpc1pq5fj39q0l-hello nix-repl> builtins.readFile drv "Hello, world!\n" nix-repl> :log drv Hello, world! ``` # Description This command provides an interactive environment for evaluating Nix expressions. (REPL stands for 'read–eval–print loop'.) On startup, it loads the Nix expressions named *files* and adds them into the lexical scope. You can load addition files using the `:l ` command, or reload all files using `:r`. )""