Nushell

explore

Explore is a table pager, just like less but for table structured data.

Signature

> table --head --index --reverse --peek

Parameters

  • --head {boolean}: turn off column headers
  • --index: show row indexes (by default it's not showed)
  • --reverse: start from the last row
  • --peek: returns a last used value, so it can be used in next pipelines

Get Started

ls | explore -i

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So the main point of explore is :table (Which you see on the above screenshot).

You can interact with it via <Left>, <Right>, <Up>, <Down> arrow keys.

You can inspect a underlying values by entering into cursor mode. You can press either <i> or <Enter> to do so. Then using arrow keys you can choose a necessary cell. And you'll be able to see it's underlying structure.

You can obtain more information about the various aspects of it by :help.

Commands

explore has a list of built in commands you can use. Commands are run through pressing <:> and then a command name.

To find out the comprehensive list of commands you can type :help.

Config

You can configure many things (including styles and colors), via config. You can find an example configuration in default-config.nuopen in new window.

Examples

Peeking a value

$nu | explore --peek

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:try command

There's an interactive environment which you can use to navigate through data using nu.

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Keeping the chosen value by $nu

Remember you can combine it with --peek.

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:tweak command

The tweak command can be used to set config options right inside. For example run

:tweak table.split_line red

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Interactive configuration

explore -i

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:config-show command

You can use :config-show to inspect currently used config.