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guix shell [@var{options}] [@var{package}@dots{}]
@end example
+Sometimes an interactive shell session is not desired. An arbitrary
+command may be invoked by placing the @code{--} token to separate the
+command from the rest of the arguments.
+
The following example creates an environment containing Python and NumPy,
building or downloading any missing package, and runs the
@command{python3} command in that environment: