diff --git a/src/commands/autoview.rs b/src/commands/autoview.rs
index f970d23e4f..adce1df402 100644
--- a/src/commands/autoview.rs
+++ b/src/commands/autoview.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn autoview(
                         }
                     }
                 };
-            } else if is_single_text_value(&input) {
+            } else if is_single_origined_text_value(&input) {
                 let text = context.get_command("textview");
                 if let Some(text) = text {
                     let result = text.run(raw.with_input(input), &context.commands);
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ pub fn autoview(
                         }
                     }
                 }
+            } else if is_single_text_value(&input) {
+                for i in input {
+                    match i.item {
+                        Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
+                            println!("{}", s);
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
             } else {
                 let table = context.expect_command("table");
                 let result = table.run(raw.with_input(input), &context.commands);
@@ -96,3 +105,20 @@ fn is_single_text_value(input: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> bool {
         false
     }
 }
+
+fn is_single_origined_text_value(input: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> bool {
+    if input.len() != 1 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    if let Tagged {
+        item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(_)),
+        tag: Tag {
+            origin: Some(_), ..
+        },
+    } = input[0]
+    {
+        true
+    } else {
+        false
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/filters_test.rs b/tests/filters_test.rs
index b44ac5c47d..b08115a9c0 100644
--- a/tests/filters_test.rs
+++ b/tests/filters_test.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn converts_structured_table_to_csv_text() {
                 | to-csv
                 | lines
                 | nth 1
-                | echo "$it"
+                | echo $it
             "#
         ));
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn converts_structured_table_to_csv_text_skipping_headers_after_conversion() {
                 | split-column "," a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to-csv --headerless
-                | echo "$it"
+                | echo $it
             "#
         ));
 
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ fn converts_structured_table_to_tsv_text() {
                 | to-tsv
                 | lines
                 | nth 1
-                | echo "$it"
+                | echo $it
             "#
         ));
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ fn converts_structured_table_to_tsv_text_skipping_headers_after_conversion() {
                 | split-column "\t" a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to-tsv --headerless
-                | echo "$it"
+                | echo $it
             "#
         ));
 
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 4affb44223..f3f810eb09 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ fn pipeline_helper() {
             | str --to-int
             | sum
             | echo "$it"
-        "#);
+        "#,
+    );
 
-    assert_eq!(actual, r#"open los_tres_amigos.txt | from-csv | get rusty_luck | str --to-int | sum | echo "$it""#);
+    assert_eq!(
+        actual,
+        r#"open los_tres_amigos.txt | from-csv | get rusty_luck | str --to-int | sum | echo "$it""#
+    );
 }
 
 #[test]