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+R""(
+
+# Examples
+
+* List a file in a NAR and pipe it through `gunzip`:
+
+ ```console
+ # nix nar cat ./hello.nar /share/man/man1/hello.1.gz | gunzip
+ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.4.
+ .TH HELLO "1" "November 2014" "hello 2.10" "User Commands"
+ …
+ ```
+
+# Description
+
+This command prints on standard output the contents of the regular
+file *path* inside the NAR file *nar*.
+
+)""