conda-{activate, clean, compare}: add page. conda-create: add prefix … (#18051)

Co-authored-by: Managor <42655600+Managor@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Dylan <145150333+dmmqz@users.noreply.github.com>

pages/common/conda-activate.md

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+# conda activate
+
+> Activate a conda environment.
+> See also: `conda deactivate` to deactivate a conda environment.
+> More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/dev-guide/deep-dives/activation.html>.
+
+- Activate an existing environment named `myenv`:
+
+`conda activate myenv`
+
+- Activate an existing environment located at custom path:
+
+`conda activate {{path/to/myenv}}`
+
+- Stack `myenv` environment on top of a previous environment making libraries/commands/variables from both accessible:
+
+`conda activate --stack myenv`
+
+- Start a clean environment `myenv` without stacking it making previous environment libraries/commands/variables not accessible:
+
+`conda activate --no-stack myenv`
+
+- Display help:
+
+`conda activate {{[-h|--help]}}`

pages/common/conda-clean.md

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+# conda clean
+
+> Delete temporary or unused files: index cache, lock files, unused cache packages, tarballs, and log files.
+> More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/commands/clean.html>.
+
+- Delete all temporary or unused files verbosely and say yes to all confirmations:
+
+`conda clean {{[-avy|--all --verbose --yes]}}`
+
+- Delete only index cache, tarballs, and log files:
+
+`conda clean {{[-itl|--index-cache --tarballs --logfiles]}}`
+
+- Delete only temporary [c]ache files that could not be deleted earlier due to being in use:
+
+`conda clean {{[-c|--tempfiles]}} {{path/to/tempfiles}}`
+
+- Delete only unused packages. Might delete packages installed with softlinks:
+
+`conda clean {{[-p|--packages]}}`
+
+- Force delete all writable packages. More broad than the `--all` option. Will delete packages installed with softlinks:
+
+`conda clean {{[-f|--force-pkgs-dirs]}}`
+
+- Display help:
+
+`conda clean {{[-h|--help]}}`

pages/common/conda-compare.md

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+# conda compare
+
+> Compare packages between conda environments.
+> More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/stable/commands/compare.html>.
+
+- Compare packages in the current directory to packages from the file `file.yml`:
+
+`conda compare file.yml`
+
+- Compare packages in environment named `myenv` to packages from the file `file.yml`:
+
+`conda compare {{[-n|--name]}} myenv {{path/to/file.yml}}`
+
+- Compare packages in environment `myenv` at custom path (i.e. prefix) to packages from the file `file.yml`:
+
+`conda compare {{[-p|--prefix]}} {{path/to/myenv}} {{path/to/file.yml}}`
+
+- Display help:
+
+`conda create {{[-h|--help]}}`

pages/common/conda-create.md

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 > Create new conda environments.
 > More information: <https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/commands/create.html>.
 
-- Create a new environment named `py39`, and install Python 3.9 and NumPy v1.11 or above in it:
+- Create a new environment named `py39`, install Python 3.9, NumPy v1.11 or above in it, and the latest stable version of SciPy. Say yes to all confirmations:
 
-`conda create {{[-y|--yes]}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{py39}} python={{3.9}} "{{numpy>=1.11}}"`
+`conda create {{[-ny|--name --yes]}} {{py39}} python={{3.9}} "{{numpy>=1.11 scipy}}"`
 
-- Make exact copy of an environment:
+- Create a new environment named `myenv` and install packages listed in files:
 
-`conda create --clone {{py39}} {{[-n|--name]}} {{py39-copy}}`
+`conda create {{[-n|--name]}} myenv --file {{file1.yml}} --file {{file2.yml}}`
 
-- Create a new environment with a specified name and install a given package:
+- Create a new environment named `myenv` at custom path (i.e. prefix):
 
-`conda create {{[-n|--name]}} {{env_name}} {{package}}`
+`conda create {{[-p|--prefix]}} {{path/to/myenv}}`
+
+- Make exact copy of an environment named `py39`:
+
+`conda create --clone py39 {{[-n|--name]}} {{py39-copy}}`
+
+- Display help:
+
+`conda create {{[-h|--help]}}`