nix shell — Start a shell in which the specified packages are available. See also: `nix-shell`, `nix flake`. Mor

Start an interactive shell with some packages from `nixpkgs`

nix shell {{nixpkgs#pkg1 nixpkgs#packageSet.pkg2 ...}}

Start a shell providing a package from an older version of `nixpkgs` (21.05)

nix shell {{nixpkgs/nixos-21.05#pkg}}

Start a shell with the "default package" from a flake in the current directory, printing build logs if any builds happen

nix shell -L

Start a shell with a package from a flake on GitHub

nix shell {{github:owner/repo#pkg}}

Run a command in a shell with a package

nix shell {{nixpkgs#pkg}} -c {{some-cmd --someflag 'Some other arguments'}}