monkeydom, Ar.TLoving `nix-shell -p <package>` to just try out some shell tools without regrets. #Nix
Vivekanandan KS 
(vivek)@monkeydom
For flakes and nix v2 the equivalent conmand is
nix shell nixpkgs#someappname
and nixpkgs can be like these
```
nixpkgs
nixpkgs/nixos-unstable
nixpkgs/nixos-25.11
github:username/repo
```
etc
#nix #nixpkgs #nixshell #ephemeral #flakes