nushell/docs/commands/split_column.md

title	layout	version
split column	command	0.59.0

splits contents across multiple columns via the separator.

Signature

> split column (separator) ...rest --collapse-empty

Parameters

• separator: the character that denotes what separates columns
• ...rest: column names to give the new columns
• --collapse-empty: remove empty columns

Examples

Split a string into columns by the specified separator

> echo 'a--b--c' | split column '--'

Split a string into columns of char and remove the empty columns

> echo 'abc' | split column -c ''