nushell/docs/commands/metadata.md

---
title: metadata
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---

Get the metadata for items in the stream

## Signature

```> metadata (expression)```

## Parameters

 -  `expression`: the expression you want metadata for

## Examples

Get the metadata of a variable
```shell
> metadata $a
```

Get the metadata of the input
```shell
> ls | metadata
```