From c14ed3f8b2cbddb335227d2ff5188896e76b713f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <edolstra@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 20:06:19 +0100
Subject: Add 'nix store' NAR-related manpages

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+R""(
+
+# 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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