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 <p>For example, I have used nix to install the package <a href="https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable&show=bind&from=0&size=50&sort=relevance&type=packages&query=bind">bind</a> which includes <code>dig</code>. You can see that it is available on multiple platforms. The absolute path of <code>dig</code> can be found by running:</p>
 <pre tabindex=0><code class=language-console data-lang=console>❯ ls -lh $(which dig)
 lrwxr-xr-x 73 root 31 Dec  1969 /run/current-system/sw/bin/dig -&gt; /nix/store/0r4qdyprljd3dki57jn6c6a8dh2rbg9g-bind-9.16.16-dnsutils/bin/dig
-</code></pre><p>Notice that there is a hash included in file path? This is a nix store path and is computed by the nix package manager. This <a href=https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nix-store-paths.html>nix pill</a> does a good job explaining how this hash is computed. All of the nix pills are worth a read, if you are interested in learning more about nix itself. However, using home-manager does not require extensive knowledge of nix.</p>
+</code></pre><p>Notice that there is a hash included in the file path? This is a nix store path and is computed by the nix package manager. This <a href=https://nixos.org/guides/nix-pills/nix-store-paths.html>nix pill</a> does a good job explaining how this hash is computed. All of the nix pills are worth a read, if you are interested in learning more about nix itself. However, using home-manager does not require extensive knowledge of nix.</p>
 <p>Part of the nix ecosystem includes <a href=https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs>nixpkgs</a>. Many popular tools can be found already packaged in this repository. As you can see with these <a href=https://repology.org/repositories/statistics/total>stats</a>, there is a large number of existing packages that are being maintained by the community. Contributing a new package is easy, and anyone can do it!</p>
 <p>home-manager leverages the nix package manager (and nixpkgs), as well the nix language so that you can declaratively define your system configuration. I store my <a href=https://github.com/davegallant/nix-config>nix-config</a> in git so that I can keep track of my packages and configurations, and retain a clean and informative git commit history so that I can understand what changed and why.</p>
 <h2 id=setting-up-home-manager>Setting up home-manager</h2>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ nix-shell <span style=color:#e6db74>&#39;&lt;home-manager&gt;&#39;</span> -A ins
 </code></pre><p>You should see another wave of <code>/nix/store/*</code> paths. The new configuration should now be active.</p>
 <p>If you run <code>zsh</code>, you should see that you have <a href=https://starship.rs/>starship</a> and access to several other utils such as <code>rg</code>, <code>fd</code>, and <code>exa</code>.</p>
 <p>This basic configuration above is also defining your <code>~/.config/git/config</code> and <code>.zshrc</code>. If you already have either of these files, home-manager will complain about them already existing.</p>
-<p>If you take <code>cat ~/.zshrc</code>, you will see the way these configuration files are generated.</p>
+<p>If you run <code>cat ~/.zshrc</code>, you will see the way these configuration files are generated.</p>
 <h2 id=wrapping-up>Wrapping up</h2>
 <p>And that is how you can get started defining your user configuration with home-manager. You can extend this configuration for programs such as (neo)vim, emacs, alacritty, ssh, etc. To see other programs, take a look at <a href=https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/tree/master/modules/programs>home-manager/modules/programs</a>.</p>
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