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show nix-shell --run (#886)

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* show nix-shell --run

it's quite useful and not necessarily obvious without reading reference documentation

Co-authored-by: Silvan Mosberger <github@infinisil.com>
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The program ‘lolcat’ is currently not installed. The program ‘lolcat’ is currently not installed.
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## Running programs once
You can go even faster, by running any program directly:
```console
$ nix-shell -p cowsay --run "cowsay Nix"
```
If the command consists only of the program name, no quotes are needed:
```console
$ nix-shell -p hello --run hello
```
## Search for packages ## Search for packages
What can you put in a shell environment? What can you put in a shell environment?