nushell/docs/commands/length.md

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title: length
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
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Count the number of elements in the input.

## Signature

```> length --column```

## Parameters

 -  `--column`: Show the number of columns in a table
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Add docs for the count command Partial fix of issue #711 2019-11-10 09:42:59 +01:00
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Add docs for the count command Partial fix of issue #711 2019-11-10 09:42:59 +01:00
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