nushell/docs/commands/split-row.md

# split row

splits contents over multiple rows via the separator.

Syntax: `split row <separator>`

## Parameters

* `<separator>` the character that denotes what separates rows

## Examples

We can build a table from a file that looks like this

```shell
> open table.txt
4, 0, 2, 0, 7, 8
```

using the `split row` command.

```shell
open table.txt | split row ", "
───┬───
 # │
───┼───
 0 │ 4
 1 │ 0
 2 │ 2
 3 │ 0
 4 │ 7
 5 │ 8
───┴───
```