nushell/docs/commands/shells.md

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title: shells
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---

Lists all open shells.

## Signature

```> shells ```

## Examples

Enter a new shell at parent path '..' and show all opened shells
```shell
> enter ..; shells
```

Show currently active shell
```shell
> shells | where active == true
```
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			`title: shells`
			`layout: command`
fix typo, update some examples and regenerate docs (#4718) 2022-03-04 13:10:09 +01:00			`version: 0.59.1`
Auto-generate markdown command docs (#4451) * Finish updating * a couple improvements * Update renames * cleanup examples 2022-02-14 03:22:51 +01:00			`---`
Created docs for shells command Partial fix of issue #711 The second example is taken from the book, specifically the section https://book.nushell.sh/en/shells_in_shells#going-beyond-directories 2019-10-02 10:07:43 +02:00
Auto-generate markdown command docs (#4451) * Finish updating * a couple improvements * Update renames * cleanup examples 2022-02-14 03:22:51 +01:00			`Lists all open shells.`
Created docs for shells command Partial fix of issue #711 The second example is taken from the book, specifically the section https://book.nushell.sh/en/shells_in_shells#going-beyond-directories 2019-10-02 10:07:43 +02:00
Auto-generate markdown command docs (#4451) * Finish updating * a couple improvements * Update renames * cleanup examples 2022-02-14 03:22:51 +01:00			`## Signature`
Created docs for shells command Partial fix of issue #711 The second example is taken from the book, specifically the section https://book.nushell.sh/en/shells_in_shells#going-beyond-directories 2019-10-02 10:07:43 +02:00
Auto-generate markdown command docs (#4451) * Finish updating * a couple improvements * Update renames * cleanup examples 2022-02-14 03:22:51 +01:00			```> shells ```
Add example for enter, shells and view-source, update some docs (#4604) 2022-02-22 16:16:56 +01:00
			`## Examples`

			`Enter a new shell at parent path '..' and show all opened shells`
			```shell
			`> enter ..; shells`
			```

			`Show currently active shell`
			```shell
Experiment: Allow both $true/true and $false/false (#4696) * Change true/false to keywords * oops, clippy * Both kinds of bools * Add in some boolean variables * disable py virtualenv test for now 2022-03-03 01:55:03 +01:00			`> shells \| where active == true`
Add example for enter, shells and view-source, update some docs (#4604) 2022-02-22 16:16:56 +01:00			```