$ curl cheat.sh/
# nginx
# Nginx web server.
# More information: <https://nginx.org/en/>.

# Start server with the default config file:
nginx

# Start server with a custom configuration file:
nginx -c configuration_file

# Start server with a prefix for all relative paths in the configuration file:
nginx -c configuration_file -p prefix/for/relative/paths

# Test the configuration without affecting the running server:
nginx -t

# Reload the configuration by sending a signal with no downtime:
nginx -s reload

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