Commands that interact with types

The main type inspector in Nu is the describe command that takes any data type on input and reports its type signature.

E.g.

[foo bar baz] | describe
# => list<string>

Commands

• describe
• inspect
• help
• into (subcommands)
  • The into commands are used to cast one type into another.
• ast
  • In the branches of abstract syntax tree that describe the type of some element