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Print the abstract syntax tree (ast) for a pipeline.

Signature

> ast {flags} (pipeline)

Flags

• --json, -j: serialize to json
• --minify, -m: minify the nuon or json output

Parameters

• pipeline: The pipeline to print the ast for.

Input/output types:

input	output
string	record

Examples

Print the ast of a string

> ast 'hello'

Print the ast of a pipeline

> ast 'ls | where name =~ README'

Print the ast of a pipeline with an error

> ast 'for x in 1..10 { echo $x '

Print the ast of a pipeline with an error, as json, in a nushell table

> ast 'for x in 1..10 { echo $x ' --json | get block | from json

Print the ast of a pipeline with an error, as json, minified

> ast 'for x in 1..10 { echo $x ' --json --minify