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nextflow view

View a project's script files.

Usage​

$ nextflow view [options] [project]

Description​

The view command inspects a pipeline already stored in the global Nextflow cache. To download a pipeline into the global cache ~/.nextflow/assets, use the pull command.

Options​

-h, -help​

Print the command usage.

-l​

List repository content.

-q​

Hide header line.

-r, -revision​
Added in version 26.04

Project revision. Can be a git branch, tag, or commit SHA number.

Examples​

View the contents of a downloaded pipeline:

$ nextflow view nextflow-io/hello

== content of file: .nextflow/assets/.repos/nextflow-io/hello/main.nf
#!/usr/bin/env nextflow

process sayHello {
  input:
    val x
  output:
    stdout
  script:
    """
    echo '$x world!'
    """
}

workflow {
  channel.of('Bonjour', 'Ciao', 'Hello', 'Hola') | sayHello | view
}

List the folder structure of a downloaded pipeline:

$ nextflow view -l nextflow-io/hello

== content of path: .nextflow/assets/.repos/nextflow-io/hello
.git
.gitignore
LICENSE
README.md
main.nf
nextflow.config

View the contents of a downloaded pipeline without the header:

$ nextflow view -q nextflow-io/hello

#!/usr/bin/env nextflow

process sayHello {
  input:
    val x
  output:
    stdout
  script:
    """
    echo '$x world!'
    """
}

workflow {
  channel.of('Bonjour', 'Ciao', 'Hello', 'Hola') | sayHello | view
}
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