diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 0ec35c094f..5efd47ea88 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
             ("skip", Arc::new(skip::skip)),
             ("first", Arc::new(take::take)),
             ("select", Arc::new(select::select)),
+            ("size", Arc::new(size::size)),
             ("split", Arc::new(split::split)),
             ("reject", Arc::new(reject::reject)),
             ("to-array", Arc::new(to_array::to_array)),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index b48af5b02f..6dcc6a83e6 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ crate mod ls;
 crate mod ps;
 crate mod reject;
 crate mod select;
+crate mod size;
 crate mod skip;
 crate mod sort_by;
 crate mod split;
diff --git a/src/commands/size.rs b/src/commands/size.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aea5995974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/size.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::object::dict::Dictionary;
+use crate::object::Value;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn size(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    if args.args.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ShellError::string("size requires at least one file"));
+    }
+    let cwd = args.env.lock().unwrap().cwd().to_path_buf();
+
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+    let mut total_lines = 0;
+    let mut total_words = 0;
+    let mut total_chars = 0;
+    let mut total_bytes = 0;
+
+    let mut list = VecDeque::new();
+    for name in args.args {
+        let name = name.as_string()?;
+        let path = cwd.join(&name);
+        let mut file = File::open(path)?;
+
+        file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+        let (lines, words, chars, bytes) = count(&contents);
+
+        total_lines += lines;
+        total_words += words;
+        total_chars += chars;
+        total_bytes += bytes;
+
+        list.push_back(dict(&name, lines, words, chars, bytes));
+        contents.clear();
+    }
+    list.push_back(dict(
+        &"total".to_string(),
+        total_lines,
+        total_words,
+        total_chars,
+        total_bytes,
+    ));
+
+    Ok(list.boxed())
+}
+
+fn count(contents: &str) -> (i64, i64, i64, i64) {
+    let mut lines: i64 = 0;
+    let mut words: i64 = 0;
+    let mut chars: i64 = 0;
+    let mut end_of_word = true;
+
+    for c in contents.chars() {
+        chars += 1;
+
+        match c {
+            '\n' => {
+                lines += 1;
+                end_of_word = true;
+            }
+            ' ' => end_of_word = true,
+            _ => {
+                if end_of_word {
+                    words += 1;
+                }
+                end_of_word = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    (lines, words, chars, contents.len() as i64)
+}
+
+fn dict(name: &str, lines: i64, words: i64, chars: i64, bytes: i64) -> ReturnValue {
+    let mut dict = Dictionary::default();
+    dict.add("name", Value::string(name.to_owned()));
+    dict.add("lines", Value::int(lines));
+    dict.add("words", Value::int(words));
+    dict.add("chars", Value::int(chars));
+    dict.add("max length", Value::int(bytes));
+
+    ReturnValue::Value(Value::Object(dict))
+}
diff --git a/src/shell/completer.rs b/src/shell/completer.rs
index f3912ca672..7afceb3543 100644
--- a/src/shell/completer.rs
+++ b/src/shell/completer.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl Completer for NuCompleter {
     ) -> rustyline::Result<(usize, Vec<completion::Pair>)> {
         let commands = [
             "ps", "ls", "cd", "view", "skip", "take", "select", "reject", "to-array", "where",
-            "sort-by",
+            "sort-by", "size",
         ];
 
         let mut completions = self.file_completer.complete(line, pos, context)?.1;