From c55b6c5ed54f8fbee3c38c40c73bb54921de676a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Schroeder <343840+fdncred@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 16:40:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix list formatting (#762)

---
 crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
index b454d383b9..8534c2c3aa 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/viewers/table.rs
@@ -283,8 +283,10 @@ fn convert_to_table(
                 vec![("string".to_string(), (row_num + row_offset).to_string())];
 
             if headers.is_empty() {
-                // if header row is empty, this is probably a list so format it that way
-                row.push(("list".to_string(), item.into_abbreviated_string(config)))
+                row.push((
+                    item.get_type().to_string(),
+                    item.into_abbreviated_string(config),
+                ))
             } else {
                 for header in headers.iter().skip(1) {
                     let result = match item {