https://github.com/nix-community/comma

Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau]
https://github.com/nix-community/comma

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Comma runs software without installing it. [maintainers=@Artturin,@burke,@DavHau]

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/nix-community/comma
• Owner: nix-community
• Created: 2020-04-28T22:00:21.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-16T19:46:04.000Z (18 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T15:18:21.303Z (5 days ago)
• Topics: nix, nixos
• Language: Rust
• Homepage:
• Size: 101 KB
• Stars: 1,110
• Watchers: 55
• Forks: 49
• Open Issues: 15
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
# comma

Comma runs software without installing it.

Basically it just wraps together `nix shell -c` and `nix-index`. You stick a `,` in front of a command to

run it from whatever location it happens to occupy in `nixpkgs` without really thinking about it.

## Installation

  comma is in nixpkgs so you can install it just like any other package.

  either install it in your nix environment

  ```bash

  nix-env -f '' -iA comma

  ```

  or add this snippet to your NixOS configuration.

  ```nix

  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ comma ];

  ```

## Usage

```bash

, cowsay neato

```

## Prebuilt index

https://github.com/Mic92/nix-index-database