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authorEelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>2020-12-09 20:06:19 +0100
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+R""(
+
+# Examples
+
+* To list the contents of a store path in a binary cache:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ -lR /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10
+ dr-xr-xr-x 0 ./bin
+ -r-xr-xr-x 38184 ./bin/hello
+ dr-xr-xr-x 0 ./share
+ …
+ ```
+
+* To show information about a specific file in a binary cache:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ -l /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10/bin/hello
+ -r-xr-xr-x 38184 hello
+ ```
+
+# Description
+
+This command shows information about *path* in a Nix store. *path* can
+be a top-level store path or any file inside a store path.
+
+)""