diff --git a/source/recipes/devshell/non-flake/main.adoc0 b/source/recipes/devshell/non-flake/main.adoc0
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+= A non-flake package (not in nixpkgs)
+
+////
+$ mkdir tempwork
+$ cd tempwork
+$ cp ../flake.nix flake.nix
+$ git add flake.nix
+$ nix develop
+$ git add flake.lock
+$ git commit -a -m temp
+////
+
+In this example, we will use a nix package defined in a remote git repo.
+However, you can use any of the flake reference styles defined in <<#flakeref>>.
+
+[source,nix,linenums,highlight='5..7,17..20']
+.flake.nix
+....
+$# cat flake.nix
+....
+
+Here's a demonstration using the shell.
+
+....
+$ hello-nix # this will fail
+$# ../../../../../start-shell nix develop <<EOL
+$ hello-nix
+$# EOL
+....
+
+////
+Good adoc0 scripts clean up after themselves.
+$ cd .. ; rm -rf tempwork # clean up
+////
diff --git a/source/recipes/shebang/flake/main.adoc0 b/source/recipes/shebang/flake/main.adoc0
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+= Access a flake
+
+In this example, we will use a flake defined in a remote git repo.
+However, you can use any of the flake reference styles defined in <<#flakeref>>.
+
+[source,bash,linenums,highlight=1..2]
+.Script
+....
+$# cat run-flake.sh
+....
+
+.Output
+....
+$# ./run-flake.sh
+....
diff --git a/source/recipes/shebang/nixpkg/main.adoc0 b/source/recipes/shebang/nixpkg/main.adoc0
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+= Access a top level package from the Nixpkgs/NixOS repo
+
+[source,bash,linenums,highlight=1..2]
+.Script
+....
+$# cat run-nixpkg.sh
+....
+
+.Output
+....
+$# ./run-nixpkg.sh
+....