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nix-edit

Open the Nix expression of a Nix package in $EDITOR. tldr-pages

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Open the source of the Nix expression of a package from nixpkgs in your $EDITOR

nix edit nixpkgs#pkgIdentify

Dump the source of a package to stdout

EDITOR=cat nix edit nixpkgs#pkgIdentify