nixos-container:tldr:69bdd

nixos-container: Start, stop, terminate, or destroy a specific container.

nixos-container

$ sudo nixos-container ${select} ${container_name}

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The command sudo nixos-container ${select} ${container_name} is used in NixOS, a Linux distribution, to manage containers. Let's break it down:

sudo: The command is being run with root privileges. sudo is a command that allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user, usually the superuser.
nixos-container: This is the main command being run. It is used to create, manage, and manipulate containers in NixOS.
${select}: This is a placeholder that should be replaced with an operation that you would like to perform on the container. The specific options available here depend on the version of NixOS and the capabilities of the nixos-container command.
${container_name}: This is another placeholder that should be replaced with the name of the container you want to operate on. This can be any valid name you choose for the container.

In summary, when you run sudo nixos-container ${select} ${container_name}, you are using the nixos-container command with the specified operation (${select}) on a container with the specified name (${container_name}) with root privileges.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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