nushell/docs/commands/compact.md

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title: compact
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---
Creates a table with non-empty rows.
## Signature
```> compact ...columns```
## Parameters
- `...columns`: the columns to compact from the table
## Examples
Filter out all records where 'Hello' is null (returns nothing)
```shell
> echo [["Hello" "World"]; [$nothing 3]]| compact Hello
```
Filter out all records where 'World' is null (Returns the table)
```shell
> echo [["Hello" "World"]; [$nothing 3]]| compact World
```
Filter out all instances of nothing from a list (Returns [1,2])
```shell
> echo [1, $nothing, 2] | compact
```