delroth / grep-nixos-cache

Finds strings in a large list of cached NixOS store paths

grep-nixos-cache

A tool to efficiently grep the contents of many NixOS store paths for a given string to find. The main use case is looking for vendored libraries through the entirety of a Hydra evaluation.

How to use

$ grep-nixos-cache --needle what-to-search --path /nix/store/...

$ grep-nixos-cache --needle what-to-search --paths /path/to/store-paths.txt