Adding programs to PATH: Difference between revisions

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 === Ad-hoc shell using <code>nix-shell -p</code> ===
-Run the following command to create a new shell with the <code>hello</code> package from Nixpkgs.
+Run the following command to create a new shell with the <code>hello</code> package from Nixpkgs.<syntaxhighlight lang="shell-session">
+[username@hostname:~]$ nix-shell -p hello
-<code>nix-shell -p hello</code>{{Expand|reason=Compare <code>nix-shell -p</code> and <code>nix shell</code>. If I remember correctly, the former uses <code>pkgs.mkShell</code> and supports expressions and hooks (i.e. for extra environment variables).}}
+[nix-shell:~]$ hello
+Hello, world!
+[nix-shell:~]$
+</syntaxhighlight>{{Expand|reason=Compare <code>nix-shell -p</code> and <code>nix shell</code>. If I remember correctly, the former uses <code>pkgs.mkShell</code> and supports expressions and hooks (i.e. for extra environment variables).}}
 === Ad-hoc shell using <code>nix shell</code> (Flakes) ===