nushell/docs/commands/skip-while.md

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# skip-while
Skips rows while the condition matches.
## Usage
```shell
> [input-command] | skip-while <condition>
```
## Examples
If we open a file with a list of contacts, we get all of the contacts.
```shell
> open contacts.csv | sort-by "last name"
───┬────────────┬───────────┬──────────────────
# │ first name │ last name │ email
───┼────────────┼───────────┼──────────────────
0 │ John │ Abbot │ abbot@email.com
1 │ Chris │ Beasly │ beasly@email.com
2 │ Jane │ Carver │ carver@email.com
3 │ Francis │ Davis │ davis@email.com
───┴────────────┴───────────┴──────────────────
```
To exclude skip contacts with last names starting with 'A' or 'B', use skip-while:
```shell
> open contacts.csv | sort-by "last name" | skip-while "last name" < "C"
───┬────────────┬───────────┬──────────────────
# │ first name │ last name │ email
───┼────────────┼───────────┼──────────────────
0 │ Jane │ Carver │ carver@email.com
1 │ Francis │ Davis │ davis@email.com
───┴────────────┴───────────┴──────────────────
```
Note that the order of input rows matters. Once a single row does not match the condition, all following rows are included in the output, whether or not they match the condition:
```shell
> open contacts.csv | skip-while "last name" < "C"
───┬────────────┬───────────┬──────────────────
# │ first name │ last name │ email
───┼────────────┼───────────┼──────────────────
0 │ Jane │ Carver │ carver@email.com
1 │ Chris │ Beasly │ beasly@email.com
2 │ Francis │ Davis │ davis@email.com
───┴────────────┴───────────┴──────────────────
```
See the `where` command to filter each individual row by a condition, regardless of order.