Nushell

find for filters

Searches terms in the input.

Signature

> find ...rest --regex --ignore-case --multiline --dotall --columns --invert

Parameters

  • ...rest: terms to search
  • --regex {string}: regex to match with
  • --ignore-case (-i): case-insensitive regex mode; equivalent to (?i)
  • --multiline (-m): multi-line regex mode: ^ and $ match begin/end of line; equivalent to (?m)
  • --dotall (-s): dotall regex mode: allow a dot . to match newlines \n; equivalent to (?s)
  • --columns {list<string>}: column names to be searched (with rest parameter, not regex yet)
  • --invert (-v): invert the match

Input/output types:

inputoutput
list<any>list<any>
stringany
tabletable

Examples

Search for multiple terms in a command output

> ls | find toml md sh

Search for a term in a string

> 'Cargo.toml' | find toml
Cargo.toml

Search a number or a file size in a list of numbers

> [1 5 3kb 4 3Mb] | find 5 3kb
╭───┬─────────╮
│ 0 │       5 │
│ 1 │ 2.9 KiB │
╰───┴─────────╯

Search a char in a list of string

> [moe larry curly] | find l
╭───┬───────╮
│ 0 │ larry │
│ 1 │ curly │
╰───┴───────╯

Find using regex

> [abc bde arc abf] | find --regex "ab"
╭───┬─────╮
│ 0 │ abc │
│ 1 │ abf │
╰───┴─────╯

Find using regex case insensitive

> [aBc bde Arc abf] | find --regex "ab" -i
╭───┬─────╮
│ 0 │ aBc │
│ 1 │ abf │
╰───┴─────╯

Find value in records using regex

> [[version name]; ['0.1.0' nushell] ['0.1.1' fish] ['0.2.0' zsh]] | find -r "nu"
╭───┬─────────┬─────────╮
│ # │ version │  name   │
├───┼─────────┼─────────┤
│ 0 │ 0.1.0   │ nushell │
╰───┴─────────┴─────────╯

Find inverted values in records using regex

> [[version name]; ['0.1.0' nushell] ['0.1.1' fish] ['0.2.0' zsh]] | find -r "nu" --invert
╭───┬─────────┬──────╮
│ # │ version │ name │
├───┼─────────┼──────┤
│ 0 │ 0.1.1   │ fish │
│ 1 │ 0.2.0   │ zsh  │
╰───┴─────────┴──────╯

Find value in list using regex

> [["Larry", "Moe"], ["Victor", "Marina"]] | find -r "rr"
╭───┬───────────────╮
│ 0 │ ╭───┬───────╮ │
│   │ │ 0 │ Larry │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ Moe   │ │
│   │ ╰───┴───────╯ │
╰───┴───────────────╯

Find inverted values in records using regex

> [["Larry", "Moe"], ["Victor", "Marina"]] | find -r "rr" --invert
╭───┬────────────────╮
│ 0 │ ╭───┬────────╮ │
│   │ │ 0 │ Victor │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ Marina │ │
│   │ ╰───┴────────╯ │
╰───┴────────────────╯

Remove ANSI sequences from result

> [[foo bar]; [abc 123] [def 456]] | find 123 | get bar | ansi strip

Find and highlight text in specific columns

> [[col1 col2 col3]; [moe larry curly] [larry curly moe]] | find moe -c [col1]
╭───┬──────┬───────┬───────╮
│ # │ col1 │ col2  │ col3  │
├───┼──────┼───────┼───────┤
│ 0 │ moe  │ larry │ curly │
╰───┴──────┴───────┴───────╯