diff --git a/src/commands/lines.rs b/src/commands/lines.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1db3feb2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/lines.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::object::{Primitive, Value};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn lines(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let input = args.input;
+    let span = args.name_span;
+
+    let stream = input
+        .map(move |v| match v {
+            Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
+                let split_result: Vec<_> = s.lines().filter(|s| s.trim() != "").collect();
+
+                let mut result = VecDeque::new();
+                for s in split_result {
+                    result.push_back(ReturnValue::Value(Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(
+                        s.to_string(),
+                    ))));
+                }
+                result
+            }
+            _ => {
+                let mut result = VecDeque::new();
+                result.push_back(ReturnValue::Value(Value::Error(Box::new(
+                    ShellError::maybe_labeled_error(
+                        "Expected string values from pipeline",
+                        "expects strings from pipeline",
+                        span,
+                    ),
+                ))));
+                result
+            }
+        })
+        .flatten();
+
+    Ok(stream.boxed())
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/skip_while.rs b/src/commands/skip_while.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15cb439812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/skip_while.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::registry::PositionalType;
+use crate::parser::CommandConfig;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct SkipWhile;
+
+impl Command for SkipWhile {
+    fn run(&self, args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        skip_while(args)
+    }
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "skip-while"
+    }
+
+    fn config(&self) -> CommandConfig {
+        CommandConfig {
+            name: self.name().to_string(),
+            mandatory_positional: vec![PositionalType::Block("condition".to_string())],
+            optional_positional: vec![],
+            rest_positional: false,
+            named: indexmap::IndexMap::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn skip_while(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    if args.positional.len() == 0 {
+        return Err(ShellError::maybe_labeled_error(
+            "Where requires a condition",
+            "needs condition",
+            args.name_span,
+        ));
+    }
+
+    let block = args.positional[0].as_block()?;
+    let input = args.input;
+
+    let objects = input.skip_while(move |item| {
+        let result = block.invoke(&item);
+
+        let return_value = match result {
+            Ok(v) if v.is_true() => true,
+            _ => false,
+        };
+
+        futures::future::ready(return_value)
+    });
+
+    Ok(objects.map(|x| ReturnValue::Value(x)).boxed())
+}
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