nushell/docs/commands/append.md

# append

This command allows you to  append the given row to the table.

**Note**:

- `append` does not change a file itself. If you want to save your changes, you need to run the `save` command
- if you want to add something containing a whitespace character, you need to put it in quotation marks

## Examples

Let's add more cities to this table:

```shell
> open cities.txt | lines
───┬────────────
 # │
───┼────────────
 0 │ Canberra
 1 │ London
 2 │ Nairobi
 3 │ Washington
───┴────────────
```

You can add a new row by using `append`:

```shell
> open cities.txt | lines | append Beijing
───┬────────────
 # │
───┼────────────
 0 │ Canberra
 1 │ London
 2 │ Nairobi
 3 │ Washington
 4 │ Beijing
───┴────────────
```

It's not possible to add multiple rows at once, so you'll need to call `append` multiple times:

```shell
> open cities.txt | lines | append Beijing | append "Buenos Aires"
───┬──────────────
 # │
───┼──────────────
 0 │ Canberra
 1 │ London
 2 │ Nairobi
 3 │ Washington
 4 │ Beijing
 5 │ Buenos Aires
───┴──────────────
```