From ab0a6b6ca6a07ca12a0bf4273838ed5db31539fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nibon7 <nibon7@163.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2022 19:42:46 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] path: fix error message (#6860)

Closes #6819
---
 crates/nu-command/src/path/mod.rs | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/path/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/path/mod.rs
index 5d194153cc..a27543d0bd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/path/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/path/mod.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,16 @@ fn handle_invalid_values(rest: Value, name: Span) -> Value {
 
 fn err_from_value(rest: &Value, name: Span) -> ShellError {
     match rest.span() {
-        Ok(span) => ShellError::PipelineMismatch("string, row or list".into(), name, span),
+        Ok(span) => {
+            if rest.is_nothing() {
+                ShellError::UnsupportedInput(
+                    "Input type is nothing, expected: string, row or list".into(),
+                    name,
+                )
+            } else {
+                ShellError::PipelineMismatch("string, row or list".into(), name, span)
+            }
+        }
         Err(error) => error,
     }
 }