lix/src/nix/store-cat.md
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# Examples
* Show the contents of a file in a binary cache:
```console
# nix store cat --store https://cache.nixos.org/ \
/nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10/bin/hello | hexdump -C | head -n1
00000000 7f 45 4c 46 02 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |.ELF............|
```
# Description
This command prints on standard output the contents of the regular
file *path* in a Nix store. *path* can be a top-level store path or
any file inside a store path.
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