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The `-c` flag belongs to `sh` not `nix shell`. As it stands, the command errors with: ``` $ nix shell nixpkgs#gnumake --command sh --command "cd src && make" sh: --command: invalid option ``` https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/8276 was good for readability, but it missed this since that PR used a find/replace script.
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# Examples
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* Start a shell providing `youtube-dl` from the `nixpkgs` flake:
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```console
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# nix shell nixpkgs#youtube-dl
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# youtube-dl --version
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2020.11.01.1
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```
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* Start a shell providing GNU Hello from NixOS 20.03:
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```console
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# nix shell nixpkgs/nixos-20.03#hello
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```
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* Run GNU Hello:
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```console
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# nix shell nixpkgs#hello --command hello --greeting 'Hi everybody!'
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Hi everybody!
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```
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* Run multiple commands in a shell environment:
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```console
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# nix shell nixpkgs#gnumake --command sh -c "cd src && make"
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```
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* Run GNU Hello in a chroot store:
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```console
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# nix shell --store ~/my-nix nixpkgs#hello --command hello
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```
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* Start a shell providing GNU Hello in a chroot store:
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```console
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# nix shell --store ~/my-nix nixpkgs#hello nixpkgs#bashInteractive --command bash
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```
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Note that it's necessary to specify `bash` explicitly because your
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default shell (e.g. `/bin/bash`) generally will not exist in the
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chroot.
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# Description
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`nix shell` runs a command in an environment in which the `$PATH` variable
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provides the specified [*installables*](./nix.md#installable). If no command is specified, it starts the
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default shell of your user account specified by `$SHELL`.
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