---
name: "nixio"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-nixio"
version: "1.5.4+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nixio"
---

# nixio(1)

command line interface for nixio tools

## NAME

nixio - command line interface for nixio tools

## DESCRIPTION

usage: nixio \[-h\] {explore,validate,upgrade} ...

Command line interface for nixio tools

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

### commands:

-

  {explore,validate,upgrade}

- explore

  Search for information within NIX file(s). Use the "file" command for general information about the file(s). The verbose flag can be used to get more detailed information about the file structure. Multiple **-v** options increase the verbosity. (e.g. 'nixio explore file nix\_file **-vvv**' for most detailed output). The "metadata" (mdata) and "data" commands provide further options for finding and viewing data and metadata information. With the "dump" subcommand data can be dumped to file (up to 3D data). The "plot" command is only available if the nixworks package is installed (https://github.com/G-node/nixworks). NOTE: This tool is under active development. Please use the github issue tracker (https://github.com/G-node/nixpy/issues) for bug reports and feature requests.

- validate

  Validate NIX files for missing or inconsistent objects and annotations.

- upgrade

  Upgrade NIX files to newest file format version.