Command Reference

Command	Description
alias	Alias a command (with optional flags) to a new name.
all	Test if every element of the input fulfills a predicate expression.
ansi	Output ANSI codes to change color and style of text.
ansi gradient	Add a color gradient (using ANSI color codes) to the given string.
ansi link	Add a link (using OSC 8 escape sequence) to the given string.
ansi strip	Strip ANSI escape sequences from a string.
any	Tests if any element of the input fulfills a predicate expression.
append	Append any number of rows to a table.
ast	Print the abstract syntax tree (ast) for a pipeline.
banner	Print a banner for nushell with information about the project
bits	Various commands for working with bits.
bits and	Performs bitwise and for ints or binary values.
bits not	Performs logical negation on each bit.
bits or	Performs bitwise or for ints or binary values.
bits rol	Bitwise rotate left for ints or binary values.
bits ror	Bitwise rotate right for ints or binary values.
bits shl	Bitwise shift left for ints or binary values.
bits shr	Bitwise shift right for ints or binary values.
bits xor	Performs bitwise xor for ints or binary values.
break	Break a loop.
bytes	Various commands for working with byte data.
bytes add	Add specified bytes to the input.
bytes at	Get bytes defined by a range.
bytes build	Create bytes from the arguments.
bytes collect	Concatenate multiple binary into a single binary, with an optional separator between each.
bytes ends-with	Check if bytes ends with a pattern.
bytes index-of	Returns start index of first occurrence of pattern in bytes, or -1 if no match.
bytes length	Output the length of any bytes in the pipeline.
bytes remove	Remove bytes.
bytes replace	Find and replace binary.
bytes reverse	Reverse the bytes in the pipeline.
bytes starts-with	Check if bytes starts with a pattern.
cal	Display a calendar.
cd	Change directory.
char	Output special characters (e.g., 'newline').
chunks	Divide a list or table into chunks of `chunk_size`.
clear	Clear the terminal.
collect	Collect a stream into a value.
columns	Given a record or table, produce a list of its columns' names.
commandline	View the current command line input buffer.
commandline edit	Modify the current command line input buffer.
commandline get-cursor	Get the current cursor position.
commandline set-cursor	Set the current cursor position.
compact	Creates a table with non-empty rows.
complete	Capture the outputs and exit code from an external piped in command in a nushell table.
config	Edit nushell configuration files.
config env	Edit nu environment configurations.
config nu	Edit nu configurations.
config reset	Reset nushell environment configurations to default, and saves old config files in the config location as oldconfig.nu and oldenv.nu.
const	Create a parse-time constant.
continue	Continue a loop from the next iteration.
cp	Copy files using uutils/coreutils cp.
date	Date-related commands.
date format	Removed command: use `format date` instead.
date humanize	Print a 'humanized' format for the date, relative to now.
date list-timezone	List supported time zones.
date now	Get the current date.
date to-record	Convert the date into a record.
date to-table	Convert the date into a structured table.
date to-timezone	Convert a date to a given time zone.
debug	Debug print the value(s) piped in.
debug info	View process memory info.
debug profile	Profile pipeline elements in a closure.
decode	Decode bytes into a string.
decode base32	Decode a Base32 value.
decode base32hex	Encode a base32hex value.
decode base64	Decode a Base64 value.
decode hex	Hex decode a value.
def	Define a custom command.
default	Sets a default value if a row's column is missing or null.
describe	Describe the type and structure of the value(s) piped in.
detect columns	Attempt to automatically split text into multiple columns.
do	Run a closure, providing it with the pipeline input.
drop	Remove items/rows from the end of the input list/table. Counterpart of `skip`. Opposite of `last`.
drop column	Remove N columns at the right-hand end of the input table. To remove columns by name, use `reject`.
drop nth	Drop the selected rows.
du	Find disk usage sizes of specified items.
each	Run a closure on each row of the input list, creating a new list with the results.
each while	Run a closure on each row of the input list until a null is found, then create a new list with the results.
echo	Returns its arguments, ignoring the piped-in value.
encode	Encode a string into bytes.
encode base32	Encode a string or binary value using Base32.
encode base32hex	Encode a binary value or a string using base32hex.
encode base64	Encode a string or binary value using Base64.
encode hex	Hex encode a binary value or a string.
enumerate	Enumerate the elements in a stream.
error make	Create an error.
every	Show (or skip) every n-th row, starting from the first one.
exec	Execute a command, replacing or exiting the current process, depending on platform.
exit	Exit Nu.
explain	Explain closure contents.
explore	Explore acts as a table pager, just like `less` does for text.
export	Export definitions or environment variables from a module.
export alias	Alias a command (with optional flags) to a new name and export it from a module.
export const	Use parse-time constant from a module and export them from this module.
export def	Define a custom command and export it from a module.
export extern	Define an extern and export it from a module.
export module	Export a custom module from a module.
export use	Use definitions from a module and export them from this module.
export-env	Run a block and preserve its environment in a current scope.
extern	Define a signature for an external command.
fill	Fill and Align.
filter	Filter values based on a predicate closure.
find	Searches terms in the input.
first	Return only the first several rows of the input. Counterpart of `last`. Opposite of `skip`.
flatten	Flatten the table.
fmt	Format a number.
for	Loop over a range.
format	Various commands for formatting data.
format date	Format a given date using a format string.
format duration	Outputs duration with a specified unit of time.
format filesize	Converts a column of filesizes to some specified format.
format pattern	Format columns into a string using a simple pattern.
from	Parse a string or binary data into structured data.
from csv	Parse text as .csv and create table.
from eml	Parse text as .eml and create record.
from ics	Parse text as .ics and create table.
from ini	Parse text as .ini and create table.
from json	Convert from json to structured data.
from msgpack	Convert MessagePack data into Nu values.
from msgpackz	Convert brotli-compressed MessagePack data into Nu values.
from nuon	Convert from nuon to structured data.
from ods	Parse OpenDocument Spreadsheet(.ods) data and create table.
from plist	Convert plist to Nushell values
from ssv	Parse text as space-separated values and create a table. The default minimum number of spaces counted as a separator is 2.
from toml	Parse text as .toml and create record.
from tsv	Parse text as .tsv and create table.
from url	Parse url-encoded string as a record.
from vcf	Parse text as .vcf and create table.
from xlsx	Parse binary Excel(.xlsx) data and create table.
from xml	Parse text as .xml and create record.
from yaml	Parse text as .yaml/.yml and create table.
from yml	Parse text as .yaml/.yml and create table.
generate	Generate a list of values by successively invoking a closure.
get	Extract data using a cell path.
glob	Creates a list of files and/or folders based on the glob pattern provided.
grid	Renders the output to a textual terminal grid.
group-by	Splits a list or table into groups, and returns a record containing those groups.
gstat	Get the git status of a repo
hash	Apply hash function.
hash md5	Hash a value using the md5 hash algorithm.
hash sha256	Hash a value using the sha256 hash algorithm.
headers	Use the first row of the table as column names.
help	Display help information about different parts of Nushell.
help aliases	Show help on nushell aliases.
help commands	Show help on nushell commands.
help escapes	Show help on nushell string escapes.
help externs	Show help on nushell externs.
help modules	Show help on nushell modules.
help operators	Show help on nushell operators.
hide	Hide definitions in the current scope.
hide-env	Hide environment variables in the current scope.
histogram	Creates a new table with a histogram based on the column name passed in.
history	Get the command history.
history import	Import command line history
history session	Get the command history session.
http	Various commands for working with http methods.
http delete	Delete the specified resource.
http get	Fetch the contents from a URL.
http head	Get the headers from a URL.
http options	Requests permitted communication options for a given URL.
http patch	Patch a body to a URL.
http post	Post a body to a URL.
http put	Put a body to a URL.
if	Conditionally run a block.
ignore	Ignore the output of the previous command in the pipeline.
inc	Increment a value or version. Optionally use the column of a table.
input	Get input from the user.
input list	Interactive list selection.
input listen	Listen for user interface event.
insert	Insert a new column, using an expression or closure to create each row's values.
inspect	Inspect pipeline results while running a pipeline.
interleave	Read multiple streams in parallel and combine them into one stream.
into	Commands to convert data from one type to another.
into binary	Convert value to a binary primitive.
into bits	Convert value to a binary primitive.
into bool	Convert value to boolean.
into cell-path	Convert value to a cell-path.
into datetime	Convert text or timestamp into a datetime.
into duration	Convert value to duration.
into filesize	Convert value to filesize.
into float	Convert data into floating point number.
into glob	Convert value to glob.
into int	Convert value to integer.
into record	Convert value to record.
into sqlite	Convert table into a SQLite database.
into string	Convert value to string.
into value	Infer Nushell datatype for each cell.
is-admin	Check if nushell is running with administrator or root privileges.
is-empty	Check for empty values.
is-not-empty	Check for non-empty values.
is-terminal	Check if stdin, stdout, or stderr is a terminal.
items	Given a record, iterate on each pair of column name and associated value.
join	Join two tables.
keybindings	Keybindings related commands.
keybindings default	List default keybindings.
keybindings list	List available options that can be used to create keybindings.
keybindings listen	Get input from the user.
kill	Kill a process using the process id.
last	Return only the last several rows of the input. Counterpart of `first`. Opposite of `drop`.
length	Count the number of items in an input list, rows in a table, or bytes in binary data.
let	Create a variable and give it a value.
let-env	`let-env FOO = ...` has been removed, use `$env.FOO = ...` instead.
lines	Converts input to lines.
load-env	Loads an environment update from a record.
loop	Run a block in a loop.
ls	List the filenames, sizes, and modification times of items in a directory.
match	Conditionally run a block on a matched value.
math	Use mathematical functions as aggregate functions on a list of numbers or tables.
math abs	Returns the absolute value of a number.
math arccos	Returns the arccosine of the number.
math arccosh	Returns the inverse of the hyperbolic cosine function.
math arcsin	Returns the arcsine of the number.
math arcsinh	Returns the inverse of the hyperbolic sine function.
math arctan	Returns the arctangent of the number.
math arctanh	Returns the inverse of the hyperbolic tangent function.
math avg	Returns the average of a list of numbers.
math ceil	Returns the ceil of a number (smallest integer greater than or equal to that number).
math cos	Returns the cosine of the number.
math cosh	Returns the hyperbolic cosine of the number.
math exp	Returns e raised to the power of x.
math floor	Returns the floor of a number (largest integer less than or equal to that number).
math ln	Returns the natural logarithm. Base: (math e).
math log	Returns the logarithm for an arbitrary base.
math max	Returns the maximum of a list of values, or of columns in a table.
math median	Computes the median of a list of numbers.
math min	Finds the minimum within a list of values or tables.
math mode	Returns the most frequent element(s) from a list of numbers or tables.
math product	Returns the product of a list of numbers or the products of each column of a table.
math round	Returns the input number rounded to the specified precision.
math sin	Returns the sine of the number.
math sinh	Returns the hyperbolic sine of the number.
math sqrt	Returns the square root of the input number.
math stddev	Returns the standard deviation of a list of numbers, or of each column in a table.
math sum	Returns the sum of a list of numbers or of each column in a table.
math tan	Returns the tangent of the number.
math tanh	Returns the hyperbolic tangent of the number.
math variance	Returns the variance of a list of numbers or of each column in a table.
merge	Merge the input with a record or table, overwriting values in matching columns.
metadata	Get the metadata for items in the stream.
metadata access	Access the metadata for the input stream within a closure.
metadata set	Set the metadata for items in the stream.
mkdir	Create directories, with intermediary directories if required using uutils/coreutils mkdir.
mktemp	Create temporary files or directories using uutils/coreutils mktemp.
module	Define a custom module.
move	Move columns before or after other columns.
mut	Create a mutable variable and give it a value.
mv	Move files or directories using uutils/coreutils mv.
nu-check	Validate and parse input content.
nu-highlight	Syntax highlight the input string.
open	Load a file into a cell, converting to table if possible (avoid by appending '--raw').
overlay	Commands for manipulating overlays.
overlay hide	Hide an active overlay.
overlay list	List all active overlays.
overlay new	Create an empty overlay.
overlay use	Use definitions from a module as an overlay.
panic	Causes nushell to panic.
par-each	Run a closure on each row of the input list in parallel, creating a new list with the results.
parse	Parse columns from string data using a simple pattern or a supplied regular expression.
path	Explore and manipulate paths.
path basename	Get the final component of a path.
path dirname	Get the parent directory of a path.
path exists	Check whether a path exists.
path expand	Try to expand a path to its absolute form.
path join	Join a structured path or a list of path parts.
path parse	Convert a path into structured data.
path relative-to	Express a path as relative to another path.
path split	Split a path into a list based on the system's path separator.
path type	Get the type of the object a path refers to (e.g., file, dir, symlink).
plugin	Commands for managing plugins.
plugin add	Add a plugin to the plugin registry file.
plugin list	List loaded and installed plugins.
plugin rm	Remove a plugin from the plugin registry file.
plugin stop	Stop an installed plugin if it was running.
plugin use	Load a plugin from the plugin registry file into scope.
polars	Operate with data in a dataframe format.
polars agg	Performs a series of aggregations from a group-by.
polars agg-groups	Creates an agg_groups expression.
polars all-false	Returns true if all values are false.
polars all-true	Returns true if all values are true.
polars append	Appends a new dataframe.
polars arg-max	Return index for max value in series.
polars arg-min	Return index for min value in series.
polars arg-sort	Returns indexes for a sorted series.
polars arg-true	Returns indexes where values are true.
polars arg-unique	Returns indexes for unique values.
polars arg-where	Creates an expression that returns the arguments where expression is true.
polars as	Creates an alias expression.
polars as-date	Converts string to date.
polars as-datetime	Converts string to datetime.
polars cache	Caches operations in a new LazyFrame.
polars cast	Cast a column to a different dtype.
polars col	Creates a named column expression.
polars collect	Collect lazy dataframe into eager dataframe.
polars columns	Show dataframe columns.
polars concat	Concatenate two or more dataframes.
polars concat-str	Creates a concat string expression.
polars contains	Checks if a pattern is contained in a string.
polars count	Returns the number of non-null values in the column.
polars count-null	Counts null values.
polars cumulative	Cumulative calculation for a column or series.
polars datepart	Creates an expression for capturing the specified datepart in a column.
polars decimal	Converts a string column into a decimal column
polars drop	Creates a new dataframe by dropping the selected columns.
polars drop-duplicates	Drops duplicate values in dataframe.
polars drop-nulls	Drops null values in dataframe.
polars dummies	Creates a new dataframe with dummy variables.
polars explode	Explodes a dataframe or creates a explode expression.
polars expr-not	Creates a not expression.
polars fetch	Collects the lazyframe to the selected rows.
polars fill-nan	Replaces NaN values with the given expression.
polars fill-null	Replaces NULL values with the given expression.
polars filter	Filter dataframe based in expression.
polars filter-with	Filters dataframe using a mask or expression as reference.
polars first	Show only the first number of rows or create a first expression
polars flatten	An alias for polars explode.
polars get	Creates dataframe with the selected columns.
polars get-day	Gets day from date.
polars get-hour	Gets hour from date.
polars get-minute	Gets minute from date.
polars get-month	Gets month from date.
polars get-nanosecond	Gets nanosecond from date.
polars get-ordinal	Gets ordinal from date.
polars get-second	Gets second from date.
polars get-week	Gets week from date.
polars get-weekday	Gets weekday from date.
polars get-year	Gets year from date.
polars group-by	Creates a group-by object that can be used for other aggregations.
polars implode	Aggregates values into a list.
polars integer	Converts a string column into a integer column
polars into-df	Converts a list, table or record into a dataframe.
polars into-lazy	Converts a dataframe into a lazy dataframe.
polars into-nu	Converts a dataframe or an expression into nushell value for access and exploration.
polars is-duplicated	Creates mask indicating duplicated values.
polars is-in	Creates an is-in expression or checks to see if the elements are contained in the right series
polars is-not-null	Creates mask where value is not null.
polars is-null	Creates mask where value is null.
polars is-unique	Creates mask indicating unique values.
polars join	Joins a lazy frame with other lazy frame.
polars last	Creates new dataframe with tail rows or creates a last expression.
polars len	Return the number of rows in the context. This is similar to COUNT(*) in SQL.
polars lit	Creates a literal expression.
polars lowercase	Lowercase the strings in the column.
polars max	Creates a max expression or aggregates columns to their max value.
polars mean	Creates a mean expression for an aggregation or aggregates columns to their mean value.
polars median	Median value from columns in a dataframe or creates expression for an aggregation
polars min	Creates a min expression or aggregates columns to their min value.
polars n-unique	Counts unique values.
polars not	Inverts boolean mask.
polars open	Opens CSV, JSON, NDJSON/JSON lines, arrow, avro, or parquet file to create dataframe. A lazy dataframe will be created by default, if supported.
polars otherwise	Completes a when expression.
polars pivot	Pivot a DataFrame from wide to long format.
polars profile	Profile a lazy dataframe. This will run the query and return a record containing the materialized DataFrame and a DataFrame that contains profiling information of each node that is executed. The units of the timings are microseconds.
polars quantile	Aggregates the columns to the selected quantile.
polars query	Query dataframe using SQL. Note: The dataframe is always named 'df' in your query's from clause.
polars rename	Rename a dataframe column.
polars replace	Replace the leftmost (sub)string by a regex pattern.
polars replace-all	Replace all (sub)strings by a regex pattern.
polars reverse	Reverses the LazyFrame
polars rolling	Rolling calculation for a series.
polars sample	Create sample dataframe.
polars save	Saves a dataframe to disk. For lazy dataframes a sink operation will be used if the file type supports it (parquet, ipc/arrow, csv, and ndjson).
polars schema	Show schema for a dataframe.
polars select	Selects columns from lazyframe.
polars set	Sets value where given mask is true.
polars set-with-idx	Sets value in the given index.
polars shape	Shows column and row size for a dataframe.
polars shift	Shifts the values by a given period.
polars slice	Creates new dataframe from a slice of rows.
polars sort-by	Sorts a lazy dataframe based on expression(s).
polars std	Creates a std expression for an aggregation of std value from columns in a dataframe.
polars store-get	Gets a Dataframe or other object from the plugin cache.
polars store-ls	Lists stored polars objects.
polars store-rm	Removes a stored Dataframe or other object from the plugin cache.
polars str-join	Concatenates strings within a column or dataframes
polars str-lengths	Get lengths of all strings.
polars str-slice	Slices the string from the start position until the selected length.
polars strftime	Formats date based on string rule.
polars sum	Creates a sum expression for an aggregation or aggregates columns to their sum value.
polars summary	For a dataframe, produces descriptive statistics (summary statistics) for its numeric columns.
polars take	Creates new dataframe using the given indices.
polars unique	Returns unique values from a dataframe.
polars unnest	Decompose struct columns into separate columns for each of their fields. The new columns will be inserted into the dataframe at the location of the struct column.
polars unpivot	Unpivot a DataFrame from wide to long format.
polars uppercase	Uppercase the strings in the column.
polars value-counts	Returns a dataframe with the counts for unique values in series.
polars var	Create a var expression for an aggregation.
polars when	Creates and modifies a when expression.
polars with-column	Adds a series to the dataframe.
port	Get a free port from system.
prepend	Prepend any number of rows to a table.
print	Print the given values to stdout.
ps	View information about system processes.
pwd	Return the current working directory
query	Show all the query commands
query db	Query a database using SQL.
query json	execute json query on json file (open --raw <file> | query json 'query string')
query web	execute selector query on html/web
query webpage-info	uses the webpage crate to extract info from html: title, description, language, links, RSS feeds, Opengraph, Schema.org, and more
query xml	execute xpath query on xml
random	Generate a random value.
random binary	Generate random bytes.
random bool	Generate a random boolean value.
random chars	Generate random chars uniformly distributed over ASCII letters and numbers: a-z, A-Z and 0-9.
random dice	Generate a random dice roll.
random float	Generate a random float within a range [min..max].
random int	Generate a random integer [min..max].
random uuid	Generate a random uuid4 string.
range	Return only the selected rows.
reduce	Aggregate a list (starting from the left) to a single value using an accumulator closure.
registry query	Query the Windows registry.
reject	Remove the given columns or rows from the table. Opposite of `select`.
rename	Creates a new table with columns renamed.
return	Return early from a function.
reverse	Reverses the input list or table.
rm	Remove files and directories.
roll	Rolling commands for tables.
roll down	Roll table rows down.
roll left	Roll record or table columns left.
roll right	Roll table columns right.
roll up	Roll table rows up.
rotate	Rotates a table or record clockwise (default) or counter-clockwise (use --ccw flag).
run-external	Runs external command.
save	Save a file.
schema	Show the schema of a SQLite database.
scope	Commands for getting info about what is in scope.
scope aliases	Output info on the aliases in the current scope.
scope commands	Output info on the commands in the current scope.
scope engine-stats	Output stats on the engine in the current state.
scope externs	Output info on the known externals in the current scope.
scope modules	Output info on the modules in the current scope.
scope variables	Output info on the variables in the current scope.
select	Select only these columns or rows from the input. Opposite of `reject`.
seq	Output sequences of numbers.
seq char	Print a sequence of ASCII characters.
seq date	Print sequences of dates.
shuffle	Shuffle rows randomly.
skip	Skip the first several rows of the input. Counterpart of `drop`. Opposite of `first`.
skip until	Skip elements of the input until a predicate is true.
skip while	Skip elements of the input while a predicate is true.
sleep	Delay for a specified amount of time.
sort	Sort in increasing order.
sort-by	Sort by the given cell path or closure.
source	Runs a script file in the current context.
source-env	Source the environment from a source file into the current environment.
split	Split contents across desired subcommand (like row, column) via the separator.
split cell-path	Split a cell-path into its components.
split chars	Split a string into a list of characters.
split column	Split a string into multiple columns using a separator.
split list	Split a list into multiple lists using a separator.
split row	Split a string into multiple rows using a separator.
split words	Split a string's words into separate rows.
split-by	Split a record into groups.
start	Open a folder, file or website in the default application or viewer.
stor	Various commands for working with the in-memory sqlite database.
stor create	Create a table in the in-memory sqlite database.
stor delete	Delete a table or specified rows in the in-memory sqlite database.
stor export	Export the in-memory sqlite database to a sqlite database file.
stor import	Import a sqlite database file into the in-memory sqlite database.
stor insert	Insert information into a specified table in the in-memory sqlite database.
stor open	Opens the in-memory sqlite database.
stor reset	Reset the in-memory database by dropping all tables.
stor update	Update information in a specified table in the in-memory sqlite database.
str	Various commands for working with string data.
str camel-case	Convert a string to camelCase.
str capitalize	Capitalize first letter of text.
str contains	Checks if string input contains a substring.
str distance	Compare two strings and return the edit distance/Levenshtein distance.
str downcase	Make text lowercase.
str ends-with	Check if an input ends with a string.
str expand	Generates all possible combinations defined in brace expansion syntax.
str index-of	Returns start index of first occurrence of string in input, or -1 if no match.
str join	Concatenate multiple strings into a single string, with an optional separator between each.
str kebab-case	Convert a string to kebab-case.
str length	Output the length of any strings in the pipeline.
str pascal-case	Convert a string to PascalCase.
str replace	Find and replace text.
str reverse	Reverse every string in the pipeline.
str screaming-snake-case	Convert a string to SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE.
str snake-case	Convert a string to snake_case.
str starts-with	Check if an input starts with a string.
str stats	Gather word count statistics on the text.
str substring	Get part of a string. Note that the first character of a string is index 0.
str title-case	Convert a string to Title Case.
str trim	Trim whitespace or specific character.
str upcase	Make text uppercase.
sys	View information about the system.
sys cpu	View information about the system CPUs.
sys disks	View information about the system disks.
sys host	View information about the system host.
sys mem	View information about the system memory.
sys net	View information about the system network interfaces.
sys temp	View the temperatures of system components.
sys users	View information about the users on the system.
table	Render the table.
take	Take only the first n elements of a list, or the first n bytes of a binary value.
take until	Take elements of the input until a predicate is true.
take while	Take elements of the input while a predicate is true.
tee	Copy a stream to another command in parallel.
term size	Returns a record containing the number of columns (width) and rows (height) of the terminal.
timeit	Time the running time of a block.
to	Translate structured data to a format.
to csv	Convert table into .csv text .
to html	Convert table into simple HTML.
to json	Converts table data into JSON text.
to md	Convert table into simple Markdown.
to msgpack	Convert Nu values into MessagePack.
to msgpackz	Convert Nu values into brotli-compressed MessagePack.
to nuon	Converts table data into Nuon (Nushell Object Notation) text.
to plist	Convert Nu values into plist
to text	Converts data into simple text.
to toml	Convert record into .toml text.
to tsv	Convert table into .tsv text.
to xml	Convert special record structure into .xml text.
to yaml	Convert table into .yaml/.yml text.
touch	Creates one or more files.
transpose	Transposes the table contents so rows become columns and columns become rows.
try	Try to run a block, if it fails optionally run a catch closure.
tutor	Run the tutorial. To begin, run: tutor.
ulimit	Set or get resource usage limits.
uname	Print certain system information using uutils/coreutils uname.
uniq	Return the distinct values in the input.
uniq-by	Return the distinct values in the input by the given column(s).
update	Update an existing column to have a new value.
update cells	Update the table cells.
upsert	Update an existing column to have a new value, or insert a new column.
url	Various commands for working with URLs.
url build-query	Converts record or table into query string applying percent-encoding.
url decode	Converts a percent-encoded web safe string to a string.
url encode	Converts a string to a percent encoded web safe string.
url join	Converts a record to url.
url parse	Parses a url.
url split-query	Converts query string into table applying percent-decoding.
use	Use definitions from a module, making them available in your shell.
values	Given a record or table, produce a list of its columns' values.
version	Display Nu version, and its build configuration.
view	Various commands for viewing debug information.
view files	View the files registered in nushell's EngineState memory.
view ir	View the compiled IR code for a block of code.
view source	View a block, module, or a definition.
view span	View the contents of a span.
watch	Watch for file changes and execute Nu code when they happen.
where	Filter values based on a row condition.
which	Finds a program file, alias or custom command.
while	Conditionally run a block in a loop.
whoami	Get the current username using uutils/coreutils whoami.
window	Creates a sliding window of `window_size` that slide by n rows/elements across input.
with-env	Runs a block with an environment variable set.
wrap	Wrap the value into a column.
zip	Combine a stream with the input.