nushell/docs/commands/into_bool.md

---
title: into bool
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---

Convert value to boolean

## Signature

```> into bool ...rest```

## Parameters

 -  `...rest`: column paths to convert to boolean (for table input)

## Examples

Convert value to boolean in table
```shell
> echo [[value]; ['false'] ['1'] [0] [1.0] [$true]] | into bool value
```

Convert bool to boolean
```shell
> $true | into bool
```

convert decimal to boolean
```shell
> 1 | into bool
```

convert decimal string to boolean
```shell
> '0.0' | into bool
```

convert string to boolean
```shell
> 'true' | into bool
```