# flatten Flatten the table. ## Usage ```shell > flatten ...args {flags} ``` ## Parameters * ...args: optionally flatten data by column ## Flags * -h, --help: Display this help message ## Examples * flatten a table ```shell > echo [[N, u, s, h, e, l, l]] | flatten | first ``` * flatten a column having a nested table ```shell > echo [[origin, people]; [Ecuador, (echo [[name, meal]; ['Andres', 'arepa']])]] | flatten | get meal ``` restrict the flattening by passing column names ```shell > echo [[origin, crate, versions]; [World, (echo [[name]; ['nu-cli']]), ['0.21', '0.22']]] | flatten versions | last | get versions ```