* [bug#74418] [PATCH] doc: Explain ‘--’ syntax of ‘guix shell’ before giving examples.
@ 2024-11-18 14:38 Florian Pelz
2024-11-18 15:00 ` Ludovic Courtès
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From: Florian Pelz @ 2024-11-18 14:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 74418; +Cc: Florian Pelz, Ludovic Courtès, Maxim Cournoyer
This paragraph is present in the ‘guix environment’ docs. I presume
it clarifies ‘guix shell’ for newcomers as well.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix shell): Take over an introductory
paragraph from ‘guix environment’ and use it for ‘guix shell’.
Change-Id: I06280516ad3436260114b074c5f325e6984e9c76
---
doc/guix.texi | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index ba4bd2cc79..f71f0b6561 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -5933,6 +5933,10 @@ Invoking guix shell
guix shell [@var{options}] [@var{package}@dots{}]
@end example
+Sometimes an interactive shell session is not desired. An arbitrary
+command may be invoked by placing the @code{--} token to separate the
+command from the rest of the arguments.
+
The following example creates an environment containing Python and NumPy,
building or downloading any missing package, and runs the
@command{python3} command in that environment:
base-commit: 23cbbe6860782c5d4a0ba599ea1cda0642e91661
--
2.46.0
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