Update README.md

Bump version to 0.5.0

.azure/azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -5,10 +5,25 @@ strategy:
   matrix:
     linux-nightly:
       image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'unflagged'
     macos-nightly:
       image: macos-10.14
+      style: 'unflagged'
     windows-nightly:
       image: vs2017-win2016
+      style: 'unflagged'
+    linux-nightly-canary:
+      image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'canary'
+    macos-nightly-canary:
+      image: macos-10.14
+      style: 'canary'
+    windows-nightly-canary:
+      image: vs2017-win2016
+      style: 'canary'
+    fmt:
+      image: ubuntu-16.04
+      style: 'fmt'
 
 pool:
   vmImage: $(image)
@@ -16,6 +31,10 @@ pool:
 steps:
   - bash: |
       set -e
+      if [ -e /etc/debian_version ]
+      then
+        sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-composite0-dev libx11-dev
+      fi
       curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh -s -- -y --no-modify-path --default-toolchain `cat rust-toolchain`
       export PATH=$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH
       rustc -Vv
@@ -23,6 +42,11 @@ steps:
       rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain `cat rust-toolchain`
     displayName: Install Rust
   - bash: RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test --all-features
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'unflagged')
+    displayName: Run tests
+  - bash: NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS=1 RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo test --all-features
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'canary')
     displayName: Run tests
   - bash: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+    condition: eq(variables['style'], 'fmt')
     displayName: Lint

.cargo/config

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[build]
+
+rustflags = "--cfg coloring_in_tokens"

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+name: Bug report
+about: Create a report to help us improve
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Describe the bug**
+A clear and concise description of what the bug is.
+
+**To Reproduce**
+Steps to reproduce the behavior:
+1. 
+2. 
+3. 
+
+**Expected behavior**
+A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
+
+**Screenshots**
+If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
+
+**Configuration (please complete the following information):**
+ - OS: [e.g. Windows]
+ - Version [e.g. 0.4.0]
+ - Optional features (if any)
+
+Add any other context about the problem here.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+---
+name: Feature request
+about: Suggest an idea for this project
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+
+---
+
+**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
+A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...]
+
+**Describe the solution you'd like**
+A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
+
+**Describe alternatives you've considered**
+A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.
+
+**Additional context**
+Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

.gitpod.Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FROM gitpod/workspace-full
+USER root
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libssl-dev \
+    libxcb-composite0-dev \
+    pkg-config \
+    curl \
+    rustc

.gitpod.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+image:
+  file: .gitpod.Dockerfile
+tasks:
+  - init: cargo install --path .
+    command: nu
+github:
+  prebuilds:
+    # enable for the master/default branch (defaults to true)
+    master: true
+    # enable for all branches in this repo (defaults to false)
+    branches: true
+    # enable for pull requests coming from this repo (defaults to true)
+    pullRequests: true
+    # enable for pull requests coming from forks (defaults to false)
+    pullRequestsFromForks: true
+    # add a "Review in Gitpod" button as a comment to pull requests (defaults to true)
+    addComment: true
+    # add a "Review in Gitpod" button to pull requests (defaults to false)
+    addBadge: false
+    # add a label once the prebuild is ready to pull requests (defaults to false)
+    addLabel: prebuilt-in-gitpod

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nu"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors = ["Yehuda Katz <wycats@gmail.com>", "Jonathan Turner <jonathan.d.turner@gmail.com>", "Andrés N. Robalino <andres@androbtech.com>"]
 description = "A shell for the GitHub era"
 license = "MIT"
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
 default-run = "nu"
 repository = "https://github.com/nushell/nushell"
-homepage = "http://nushell.sh"
+homepage = "https://www.nushell.sh"
 documentation = "https://book.nushell.sh"
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-rustyline = "5.0.3"
+rustyline = "5.0.4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.9", features = ["serde"] }
 derive-new = "0.5.8"
 prettytable-rs = "0.8.0"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ chrono-humanize = "0.0.11"
 byte-unit = "3.0.1"
 base64 = "0.10.1"
 futures-preview = { version = "=0.3.0-alpha.18", features = ["compat", "io-compat"] }
-futures-async-stream = "=0.1.0-alpha.5"
+async-stream = "0.1.1"
 futures_codec = "0.2.5"
 num-traits = "0.2.8"
 term = "0.5.2"
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ serde-hjson = "0.9.1"
 serde_yaml = "0.8"
 serde_bytes = "0.11.2"
 getset = "0.0.8"
-language-reporting = "0.3.1"
+language-reporting = "0.4.0"
 app_dirs = "1.2.1"
 csv = "1.1"
 toml = "0.5.3"
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ surf = "1.0.2"
 url = "2.1.0"
 roxmltree = "0.7.0"
 nom_locate = "1.0.0"
-enum-utils = "0.1.1"
+nom-tracable = "0.4.0"
 unicode-xid = "0.2.0"
 serde_ini = "0.2.0"
 subprocess = "0.1.18"
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ hex = "0.3.2"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
 semver = "0.9.0"
 which = "2.0.1"
-uuid = {version = "0.7.4", features = [ "v4", "serde" ]}
 textwrap = {version = "0.11.0", features = ["term_size"]}
 shellexpand = "1.0.0"
 futures-timer = "0.4.0"
@@ -74,16 +73,19 @@ bigdecimal = { version = "0.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 natural = "0.3.0"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.6.1"
 sublime_fuzzy = "0.5"
+trash = "1.0.0"
+regex = "1"
+cfg-if = "0.1"
 
 neso = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 crossterm = { version = "0.10.2", optional = true }
 syntect = {version = "3.2.0", optional = true }
 onig_sys = {version = "=69.1.0", optional = true }
-heim = {version = "0.0.8-alpha.1", optional = true }
+heim = {version = "0.0.8", optional = true }
 battery = {version = "0.7.4", optional = true }
 rawkey = {version = "0.1.2", optional = true }
 clipboard = {version = "0.5", optional = true }
-ptree = {version = "0.2", optional = true }
+ptree = {version = "0.2" }
 image = { version = "0.22.2", default_features = false, features = ["png_codec", "jpeg"], optional = true }
 
 [features]
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ textview = ["syntect", "onig_sys", "crossterm"]
 binaryview = ["image", "crossterm"]
 sys = ["heim", "battery"]
 ps = ["heim"]
+# trace = ["nom-tracable/trace"]
+all = ["raw-key", "textview", "binaryview", "sys", "ps", "clipboard"]
 
 [dependencies.rusqlite]
 version = "0.20.0"
@@ -101,6 +105,10 @@ features = ["bundled", "blob"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
 
+[build-dependencies]
+toml = "0.5.3"
+serde = { version = "1.0.101", features = ["derive"] }
+
 [lib]
 name = "nu"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
@@ -113,18 +121,26 @@ path = "src/plugins/inc.rs"
 name = "nu_plugin_sum"
 path = "src/plugins/sum.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "nu_plugin_average"
+path = "src/plugins/average.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_embed"
 path = "src/plugins/embed.rs"
 
 [[bin]]
-name = "nu_plugin_add"
-path = "src/plugins/add.rs"
+name = "nu_plugin_insert"
+path = "src/plugins/insert.rs"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_edit"
 path = "src/plugins/edit.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "nu_plugin_read"
+path = "src/plugins/read.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_str"
 path = "src/plugins/str.rs"
@@ -133,6 +149,11 @@ path = "src/plugins/str.rs"
 name = "nu_plugin_skip"
 path = "src/plugins/skip.rs"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "nu_plugin_match"
+path = "src/plugins/match.rs"
+required-features = ["regex"]
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu_plugin_sys"
 path = "src/plugins/sys.rs"
@@ -158,6 +179,11 @@ name = "nu_plugin_textview"
 path = "src/plugins/textview.rs"
 required-features = ["textview"]
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "nu_plugin_docker"
+path = "src/plugins/docker.rs"
+required-features = ["docker"]
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu"
 path = "src/main.rs"

README.md

@@ -1,35 +1,40 @@
 [![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/nu.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/nu)
-[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/nushell/nushell/_apis/build/status/nushell.nushell?branchName=master)](https://dev.azure.com/nushell/nushell/_build/latest?definitionId=2&branchName=master) 
+[![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/nushell/nushell/_apis/build/status/nushell.nushell?branchName=master)](https://dev.azure.com/nushell/nushell/_build/latest?definitionId=2&branchName=master)
 [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/601130461678272522.svg?logo=discord)](https://discord.gg/NtAbbGn)
+[![The Changelog #363](https://img.shields.io/badge/The%20Changelog-%23363-61c192.svg)](https://changelog.com/podcast/363)
+
 
-            
 # Nu Shell
 
-A modern shell for the GitHub era
+A modern shell for the GitHub era.
 
 ![Example of nushell](images/nushell-autocomplete.gif "Example of nushell")
 
 # Status
 
-This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work fill out missing features and improve stability. Its design is also subject to change as it matures.
+This project has reached a minimum-viable product level of quality. While contributors dogfood it as their daily driver, it may be unstable for some commands. Future releases will work to fill out missing features and improve stability. Its design is also subject to change as it matures.
 
-Nu comes with a set of built-in commands (listed below). If a command is unknown, the command will shell-out and execute it (using cmd on Windows or bash on Linux and MacOS), correctly passing through stdin, stdout and stderr, so things like your daily git workflows and even `vim` will work just fine.
+Nu comes with a set of built-in commands (listed below). If a command is unknown, the command will shell-out and execute it (using cmd on Windows or bash on Linux and macOS), correctly passing through stdin, stdout, and stderr, so things like your daily git workflows and even `vim` will work just fine.
 
 # Learning more
 
-There are a few good resources to learn about Nu. First, there is a [book](https://book.nushell.sh) about Nu, currently in progress. The book focuses on using Nu and its core concepts.
+There are a few good resources to learn about Nu. There is a [book](https://book.nushell.sh) about Nu that is currently in progress. The book focuses on using Nu and its core concepts.
 
-If you're a developer who would like to contribute to Nu, we're also working on a [book for developers](https://github.com/nushell/contributor-book/tree/master/en) to help get started. There are also [good first issues](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) to help you dive in.
+If you're a developer who would like to contribute to Nu, we're also working on a [book for developers](https://github.com/nushell/contributor-book/tree/master/en) to help you get started. There are also [good first issues](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22) to help you dive in.
 
-We also have an active [discord](https://discord.gg/NtAbbGn) and [twitter](https://twitter.com/nu_shell) if you'd like to come chat with us.
+We also have an active [Discord](https://discord.gg/NtAbbGn) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nu_shell) if you'd like to come and chat with us.
+
+Try it in Gitpod.
+
+[![Open in Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/button/open-in-gitpod.svg)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/nushell/nushell)
 
 # Installation
 
-## Local 
+## Local
 
-Up-to-date installation instructions can be found in the [installation chapter of the book](https://book.nushell.sh/en/installation).
+Up-to-date installation instructions can be found in the [installation chapter of the book](https://book.nushell.sh/en/installation).  **Windows users**: please note that Nu works on Windows 10 and does not currently have Windows 7/8.1 support.
 
-To build Nu, you will need to use the **nightly** version of the compiler.
+To build Nu, you will need to use the **beta** version of the compiler.
 
 Required dependencies:
 
@@ -41,16 +46,16 @@ Optional dependencies:
 * To use Nu with all possible optional features enabled, you'll also need the following:
   * on Linux (on Debian/Ubuntu): `apt install libxcb-composite0-dev libx11-dev`
 
-To install Nu via cargo:
+To install Nu via cargo (make sure you have installed [rustup](https://rustup.rs/) and the beta compiler via `rustup install beta`):
 
 ```
-cargo +nightly install nu
+cargo +beta install nu
 ```
 
-You can also install Nu with all the bells and whistles:
+You can also install Nu with all the bells and whistles (be sure to have installed the [dependencies](https://book.nushell.sh/en/installation#dependencies) for your platform):
 
 ```
-cargo +nightly install nu --all-features
+cargo +beta install nu --all-features
 ```
 
 ## Docker
@@ -71,13 +76,13 @@ To build the base image:
 
 ```bash
 $ docker build -f docker/Dockerfile.nu-base -t nushell/nu-base .
-``` 
+```
 
 And then to build the smaller container (using a Multistage build):
 
 ```bash
 $ docker build -f docker/Dockerfile -t nushell/nu .
-``` 
+```
 
 Either way, you can run either container as follows:
 
@@ -87,42 +92,44 @@ $ docker run -it nushell/nu
 /> exit
 ```
 
-The second container is a bit smaller, if size is important to you.
+The second container is a bit smaller if the size is important to you.
 
 ## Packaging status
 
+[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/nushell.svg)](https://repology.org/project/nushell/versions)
+
 ### Fedora
 
 [COPR repo](https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/nushell/): `sudo dnf copr enable atim/nushell -y && sudo dnf install nushell -y`
 
 # Philosophy
 
-Nu draws inspiration from projects like PowerShell, functional programming languages, and modern cli tools. Rather than thinking of files and services as raw streams of text, Nu looks at each input as something with structure. For example, when you list the contents of a directory, what you get back is a table of rows, where each row represents an item in that directory. These values can be piped through a series of steps, in a series of commands called a 'pipeline'.
+Nu draws inspiration from projects like PowerShell, functional programming languages, and modern CLI tools. Rather than thinking of files and services as raw streams of text, Nu looks at each input as something with structure. For example, when you list the contents of a directory, what you get back is a table of rows, where each row represents an item in that directory. These values can be piped through a series of steps, in a series of commands called a 'pipeline'.
 
 ## Pipelines
 
-In Unix, it's common to pipe between commands to split up a sophisticated command over multiple steps. Nu takes this a step further and builds heavily on the idea of _pipelines_. Just as the Unix philosophy, Nu allows commands to output from stdout and read from stdin. Additionally, commands can output structured data (you can think of this as a third kind of stream). Commands that work in the pipeline fit into one of three categories
+In Unix, it's common to pipe between commands to split up a sophisticated command over multiple steps. Nu takes this a step further and builds heavily on the idea of _pipelines_. Just as the Unix philosophy, Nu allows commands to output from stdout and read from stdin. Additionally, commands can output structured data (you can think of this as a third kind of stream). Commands that work in the pipeline fit into one of three categories:
 
 * Commands that produce a stream (eg, `ls`)
 * Commands that filter a stream (eg, `where type == "Directory"`)
-* Commands that consumes the output of the pipeline (eg, `autoview`)
+* Commands that consume the output of the pipeline (eg, `autoview`)
 
 Commands are separated by the pipe symbol (`|`) to denote a pipeline flowing left to right.
 
 ```
 /home/jonathan/Source/nushell(master)> ls | where type == "Directory" | autoview
 ━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- #  │ name      │ type      │ readonly │ size   │ accessed     │ modified 
+ #  │ name      │ type      │ readonly │ size   │ accessed     │ modified
 ────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────────────┼────────────────
-  0 │ .azure    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ a day ago 
-  1 │ target    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 3 days ago   │ 3 days ago 
-  2 │ images    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 2 weeks ago 
-  3 │ tests     │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 37 minutes ago 
-  4 │ tmp       │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 weeks ago  │ 2 weeks ago 
-  5 │ src       │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 37 minutes ago 
-  6 │ assets    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ a month ago  │ a month ago 
+  0 │ .azure    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ a day ago
+  1 │ target    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 3 days ago   │ 3 days ago
+  2 │ images    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 2 weeks ago
+  3 │ tests     │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 37 minutes ago
+  4 │ tmp       │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 weeks ago  │ 2 weeks ago
+  5 │ src       │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 37 minutes ago
+  6 │ assets    │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ a month ago  │ a month ago
   7 │ docs      │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 months ago │ 2 months ago
-━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━  
+━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 ```
 
 Because most of the time you'll want to see the output of a pipeline, `autoview` is assumed. We could have also written the above:
@@ -136,12 +143,12 @@ Being able to use the same commands and compose them differently is an important
 ```text
 /home/jonathan/Source/nushell(master)> ps | where cpu > 0
 ━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━
- # │ pid   │ name            │ status   │ cpu 
+ # │ pid   │ name            │ status   │ cpu
 ───┼───────┼─────────────────┼──────────┼──────────
- 0 │   992 │ chrome          │ Sleeping │ 6.988768 
- 1 │  4240 │ chrome          │ Sleeping │ 5.645982 
- 2 │ 13973 │ qemu-system-x86 │ Sleeping │ 4.996551 
- 3 │ 15746 │ nu              │ Sleeping │ 84.59905 
+ 0 │   992 │ chrome          │ Sleeping │ 6.988768
+ 1 │  4240 │ chrome          │ Sleeping │ 5.645982
+ 2 │ 13973 │ qemu-system-x86 │ Sleeping │ 4.996551
+ 3 │ 15746 │ nu              │ Sleeping │ 84.59905
 ━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━
 
 ```
@@ -153,9 +160,9 @@ Nu can load file and URL contents as raw text or as structured data (if it recog
 ```
 /home/jonathan/Source/nushell(master)> open Cargo.toml
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
- bin              │ dependencies   │ dev-dependencies 
+ bin              │ dependencies   │ dev-dependencies
 ──────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────
- [table: 12 rows] │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 1 row]   
+ [table: 12 rows] │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 1 row]
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
 ```
 
@@ -164,9 +171,9 @@ We can pipeline this into a command that gets the contents of one of the columns
 ```
 /home/jonathan/Source/nushell(master)> open Cargo.toml | get package
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━
- authors         │ description                │ edition │ license │ name │ version 
+ authors         │ description                │ edition │ license │ name │ version
 ─────────────────┼────────────────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────┼─────────
- [table: 3 rows] │ A shell for the GitHub era │ 2018    │ ISC     │ nu   │ 0.3.0
+ [table: 3 rows] │ A shell for the GitHub era │ 2018    │ MIT     │ nu   │ 0.5.0
 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━
 ```
 
@@ -174,14 +181,14 @@ Finally, we can use commands outside of Nu once we have the data we want:
 
 ```
 /home/jonathan/Source/nushell(master)> open Cargo.toml | get package.version | echo $it
-0.3.0
+0.5.0
 ```
 
 Here we use the variable `$it` to refer to the value being piped to the external command.
 
 ## Shells
 
-By default, Nu will work inside of a single directory and allow you to navigate around your filesystem. Sometimes, you'll want to work in multiple directories at the same time. For this, Nu offers a way of adding additional working directories that you can jump between. 
+Nu will work inside of a single directory and allow you to navigate around your filesystem by default. Nu also offers a way of adding additional working directories that you can jump between, allowing you to work in multiple directories at the same time.
 
 To do so, use the `enter` command, which will allow you create a new "shell" and enter it at the specified path. You can toggle between this new shell and the original shell with the `p` (for previous) and `n` (for next), allowing you to navigate around a ring buffer of shells. Once you're done with a shell, you can `exit` it and remove it from the ring buffer.
 
@@ -193,7 +200,7 @@ Nu supports plugins that offer additional functionality to the shell and follow
 
 There are a few examples in the `plugins` directory.
 
-Plugins are binaries that are available in your path and follow a "nu_plugin_*" naming convention. These binaries interact with nu via a simple JSON-RPC protocol where the command identifies itself and passes along its configuration, which then makes it available for use. If the plugin is a filter, data streams to it one element at a time, and it can stream data back in return via stdin/stdout. If the plugin is a sink, it is given the full vector of final data and is given free reign over stdin/stdout to use as it pleases.
+Plugins are binaries that are available in your path and follow a `nu_plugin_*` naming convention. These binaries interact with nu via a simple JSON-RPC protocol where the command identifies itself and passes along its configuration, which then makes it available for use. If the plugin is a filter, data streams to it one element at a time, and it can stream data back in return via stdin/stdout. If the plugin is a sink, it is given the full vector of final data and is given free reign over stdin/stdout to use as it pleases.
 
 # Goals
 
@@ -230,6 +237,8 @@ Nu adheres closely to a set of goals that make up its design philosophy. As feat
 | version | Display Nu version |
 
 ## Shell commands
+| command | description |
+| ------- | ----------- |
 | exit (--now) | Exit the current shell (or all shells) |
 | enter (path) | Create a new shell and begin at this path |
 | p | Go to previous shell |
@@ -239,16 +248,20 @@ Nu adheres closely to a set of goals that make up its design philosophy. As feat
 ## Filters on tables (structured data)
 | command | description |
 | ------------- | ------------- |
-| add column-or-column-path value | Add a new column to the table |
+| append row-data | Append a row to the end of the table |
+| count | Show the total number of rows |
 | edit column-or-column-path value | Edit an existing column to have a new value |
 | embed column | Creates a new table of one column with the given name, and places the current table inside of it |
 | first amount | Show only the first number of rows |
 | get column-or-column-path | Open column and get data from the corresponding cells |
+| group-by column | Creates a new table with the data from the table rows grouped by the column given |
 | inc (column-or-column-path) | Increment a value or version. Optionally use the column of a table |
+| insert column-or-column-path value | Insert a new column to the table |
 | last amount | Show only the last number of rows |
 | nth row-number | Return only the selected row |
 | pick ...columns | Down-select table to only these columns |
 | pivot --header-row <headers> | Pivot the tables, making columns into rows and vice versa |
+| prepend row-data | Prepend a row to the beginning of the table |
 | reject ...columns | Remove the given columns from the table |
 | reverse | Reverses the table. |
 | skip amount | Skip a number of rows |
@@ -275,12 +288,14 @@ Nu adheres closely to a set of goals that make up its design philosophy. As feat
 | from-ini | Parse text as .ini and create table |
 | from-json | Parse text as .json and create table |
 | from-sqlite | Parse binary data as sqlite .db and create table |
+| from-ssv --minimum-spaces <minimum number of spaces to count as a separator> | Parse text as space-separated values and create table |
 | from-toml | Parse text as .toml and create table |
 | from-tsv  | Parse text as .tsv and create table  |
 | from-url | Parse urlencoded string and create a table |
 | from-xml | Parse text as .xml and create a table |
 | from-yaml | Parse text as a .yaml/.yml and create a table |
 | lines | Split single string into rows, one per line |
+| read pattern | Convert text to a table by matching the given pattern |
 | size | Gather word count statistics on the text |
 | split-column sep ...column-names | Split row contents across multiple columns via the separator, optionally give the columns names |
 | split-row sep | Split row contents over multiple rows via the separator |

build.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use serde::Deserialize;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::env;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct Feature {
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    description: String,
+    enabled: bool,
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let input = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").unwrap();
+    let all_on = env::var("NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS").is_ok();
+    let flags: HashSet<String> = env::var("NUSHELL_ENABLE_FLAGS")
+        .map(|s| s.split(",").map(|s| s.to_string()).collect())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| HashSet::new());
+
+    if all_on && !flags.is_empty() {
+        println!(
+            "cargo:warning={}",
+            "Both NUSHELL_ENABLE_ALL_FLAGS and NUSHELL_ENABLE_FLAGS were set. You don't need both."
+        );
+    }
+
+    let path = Path::new(&input).join("features.toml");
+
+    let toml: HashMap<String, Feature> = toml::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string(path)?)?;
+
+    for (key, value) in toml.iter() {
+        if value.enabled == true || all_on || flags.contains(key) {
+            println!("cargo:rustc-cfg={}", key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}

debian/install

@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ target/release/nu_plugin_sum        usr/bin
 target/release/nu_plugin_sys        usr/bin
 target/release/nu_plugin_textview   usr/bin
 target/release/nu_plugin_tree       usr/bin
+target/release/nu_plugin_docker       usr/bin

docker/Dockerfile.nu-base

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ENV PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:$PATH
 COPY . /code
 RUN echo "##vso[task.prependpath]/root/.cargo/bin" && \
     rustc -Vv && \
-    if $RELEASE; then cargo build --release && cargo run --release; \
+    if $RELEASE; then cargo build --release; \
                    cp target/release/nu /usr/local/bin; \   
                  else cargo build; \
                    cp target/debug/nu /usr/local/bin; fi;

docs/commands/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# How do I get started?
+
+Pick any command from the checklist and write a comment acknowledging you started work.
+
+# Instructions for documenting a Nu command of your choosing
+
+Name the file after the command, like so:
+
+`command.md`
+
+Example: If you want to add documentation for the Nu command `enter`, create a file named `enter.md`, write documentation, save it at `/docs/commands/[your_command_picked].md` as  and create your pull request.
+
+# What kind of documentation should I write?
+
+Anything you want that you believe it *best* documents the command and the way you would like to see it. Here are some of our ideas of documentation we would *love* to see (feel free to add yours):
+
+* Examples of using the command (max creativity welcomed!)
+* Description of the command.
+* Command usage.
+
+# Anything else?
+
+Of course! (These are drafts) so feel free to leave feedback and suggestions in the same file.
+
+Happy Documenting.

docs/commands/add.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# add
+
+This command adds a column to any table output. The first parameter takes the heading, the second parameter takes the value for all the rows.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> ls | add is_on_a_computer yes_obviously
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed  │ modified  │ is_on_a_computer 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────────────────
+ 0 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago │ yes_obviously 
+ 1 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago │ yes_obviously 
+ 2 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago │ yes_obviously 
+ 3 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago │ yes_obviously 
+ 4 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago │ yes_obviously 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> shells | add os linux_on_this_machine
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path                           │ os 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/stuff/expr/stuff │ linux_on_this_machine 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /                              │ linux_on_this_machine 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/average.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# average 
+This command allows you to calculate the average of values in a column.  
+
+## Examples 
+To get the average of the file sizes in a directory, simply pipe the size column from the ls command to the average command.
+
+```shell
+> ls | get size | average
+━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+━━━━━━━━━
+2282.727272727273
+━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> pwd | split-row / | size | get chars | average
+━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+━━━━━━━━━
+5.250000000000000
+━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+Note that average only works for integer and byte values. If the shell doesn't recognize the values in a column as one of those types, it will return an error.
+One way to solve this is to convert each row to an integer when possible and then pipe the result to `average`
+
+```shell
+> open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | average
+error: Unrecognized type in stream: Primitive(String("2509000000"))
+- shell:1:0
+1 | open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | average
+  | ^^^^ source
+```
+
+```shell
+> open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | str --to-int | average
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+───────────────────
+ 3239404444.000000
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+

docs/commands/cd.md

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# cd
+
+If you didn't already know, the `cd` command is very simple. It stands for 'change directory' and it does exactly that. It changes the current directory to the one specified. If no directory is specified, it takes you to the home directory. Additionally, using `cd ..` takes you to the parent directory.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+/home/username> cd Desktop
+/home/username/Desktop> now your current directory has been changed
+```
+
+```shell
+/home/username/Desktop/nested/folders> cd ..
+/home/username/Desktop/nested> cd ..
+/home/username/Desktop> cd ../Documents/school_related
+/home/username/Documents/school_related> cd ../../..
+/home/>
+```
+
+```shell
+/home/username/Desktop/super/duper/crazy/nested/folders> cd
+/home/username> cd ../../usr
+/usr> cd
+/home/username>
+```
+
+Using `cd -` will take you to the previous directory:
+
+```shell
+/home/username/Desktop/super/duper/crazy/nested/folders> cd
+/home/username> cd -
+/home/username/Desktop/super/duper/crazy/nested/folders> cd
+```

docs/commands/date.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# date
+
+Use `date` to get the current date and time. Defaults to local timezone but you can get it in UTC too.
+
+## Flags
+
+    --utc
+      Returns the current date and time in UTC
+
+    --local
+      Returns the current date and time in your local timezone
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> date
+━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━
+ year │ month │ day │ hour │ minute │ second │ timezone
+──────┼───────┼─────┼──────┼────────┼────────┼──────────
+ 2019 │     9 │  30 │   21 │     52 │     30 │ -03:00
+━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━
+> date --utc
+━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━
+ year │ month │ day │ hour │ minute │ second │ timezone
+──────┼───────┼─────┼──────┼────────┼────────┼──────────
+ 2019 │    10 │   1 │    0 │     52 │     32 │ UTC
+━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━
+> date --local
+━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━
+ year │ month │ day │ hour │ minute │ second │ timezone
+──────┼───────┼─────┼──────┼────────┼────────┼──────────
+ 2019 │     9 │  30 │   21 │     52 │     34 │ -03:00
+━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/echo.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# echo
+
+Use `echo` to repeat arguments back to the user
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> echo Hello world
+Hello world
+> echo "Hello, world!"
+Hello, world!
+```

docs/commands/edit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# edit
+
+Edits an existing column on a table. First parameter is the column to edit and the second parameter is the value to put.
+
+## Examples 
+
+```shell
+> ls
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed  │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼───────────
+ 0 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago 
+ 1 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago 
+ 2 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago 
+ 3 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago 
+ 4 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ a day ago │ a day ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━
+> ls | edit modified neverrrr
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed  │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼──────────
+ 0 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ a day ago │ neverrrr 
+ 1 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ a day ago │ neverrrr 
+ 2 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ a day ago │ neverrrr 
+ 3 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ a day ago │ neverrrr 
+ 4 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ a day ago │ neverrrr 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/username/stuff/expr/stuff 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ / 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | edit " " X | edit path / 
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼──────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ / 
+ 1 │ X │ filesystem │ / 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/enter.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# enter
+
+This command creates a new shell and begin at this path.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+/home/foobar> cat user.json
+{
+	"Name": "Peter",
+	"Age": 30,
+	"Telephone": 88204828,
+	"Country": "Singapore"
+}
+/home/foobar> enter user.json
+/> ls
+━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━
+ Name  │ Age │ Telephone │ Country
+───────┼─────┼───────────┼───────────
+ Peter │  30 │  88204828 │ Singapore
+━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━
+/> exit
+/home/foobar>
+```
+
+It also provides the ability to work with multiple directories at the same time. This command will allow you to create a new "shell" and enter it at the specified path. You can toggle between this new shell and the original shell with the `p` (for previous) and `n` (for next), allowing you to navigate around a ring buffer of shells. Once you're done with a shell, you can `exit` it and remove it from the ring buffer.
+
+```shell
+/> enter /tmp
+/tmp> enter /usr
+/usr> enter /bin
+/bin> enter /opt
+/opt> p
+/bin> p
+/usr> p
+/tmp> p
+/> n
+/tmp>
+```

docs/commands/env.md

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+# env
+
+The `env` command prints to terminal the environment of nushell
+
+This includes 
+- cwd     : the path to the current working the directory (`cwd`), 
+- home    : the path to the home directory
+- config  : the path to the config file for nushell
+- history : the path to the nushell command history
+- temp 	  : the path to the temp file
+- vars    : descriptor variable for the table 
+
+`env` does not take any arguments, and ignores any arguments given.
+
+
+## Examples -
+
+
+```shell
+/home/username/mynushell/docs/commands(master)> env
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ cwd                                    │ home           │ config                                │ history                                    │ temp │ vars 
+────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────┼──────┼────────────────
+ /home/username/mynushell/docs/commands │ /home/username │ /home/username/.config/nu/config.toml │ /home/username/.local/share/nu/history.txt │ /tmp │ [table: 1 row] 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+

docs/commands/exit.md

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+# exit
+
+Exits the nu shell. If you have multiple nu shells, use `exit --now` to exit all of them.
+
+## Examples 
+
+```shell
+> exit
+```
+
+```
+/home/username/stuff/books> shells
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+ # |   | name       | path 
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+ 0 |   | filesystem | /home/username/stuff/notes 
+ 1 |   | filesystem | /home/username/stuff/videos 
+ 2 | X | filesystem | /home/username/stuff/books 
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+/home/username/stuff/books> exit
+/home/username/stuff/videos> shells
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+ # |   | name       | path 
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+ 0 |   | filesystem | /home/username/stuff/notes 
+ 1 | X | filesystem | /home/username/stuff/videos 
+---+---+------------+----------------------------
+/home/username/stuff/videos> exit --now
+exits both the shells
+```

docs/commands/fetch.md

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+# fetch
+
+This command loads from a URL into a cell, convert it to table if possible (avoid by appending `--raw` flag)
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> fetch http://headers.jsontest.com
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ X-Cloud-Trace-Context                                 │ Accept │ Host                 │ Content-Length │ user-agent
+───────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────────────
+ aeee1a8abf08820f6fe19d114dc3bb87/16772233176633589121 │ */*    │ headers.jsontest.com │ 0              │ curl/7.54.0 isahc/0.7.1
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> fetch http://headers.jsontest.com --raw
+{
+   "X-Cloud-Trace-Context": "aeee1a8abf08820f6fe19d114dc3bb87/16772233176633589121",
+   "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3",
+   "Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1",
+   "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/77.0.3865.90 Safari/537.36",
+   "Host": "headers.jsontest.com",
+   "Accept-Language": "en-GB,en-US;q=0.9,en;q=0.8"
+}
+```
+
+```shell
+> fetch https://www.jonathanturner.org/feed.xml
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ rss
+────────────────
+ [table: 1 row]
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/first.md

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+# first
+
+Use `first` to retrieve the first "n" rows of a table. `first` has a required amount parameter that indicates how many rows you would like returned. If more than one row is returned, an index column will be included showing the row number.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> ps | first 1
+━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ pid   │ name         │ status  │ cpu
+───────┼──────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────
+ 60358 │ nu_plugin_ps │ Running │ 5.399802999999999
+━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> ps | first 5
+━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ pid   │ name         │ status  │ cpu
+───┼───────┼──────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────
+ 0 │ 60754 │ nu_plugin_ps │ Running │ 4.024156000000000
+ 1 │ 60107 │ quicklookd   │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 2 │ 59356 │ nu           │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 3 │ 59216 │ zsh          │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 4 │ 59162 │ vim          │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+

docs/commands/from-csv.md

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+# from-csv
+
+Converts csv data into table. Use this when nushell cannot dertermine the input file extension.
+
+## Example
+Let's say we have the following file :
+```shell
+> cat pets.txt
+animal, name, age
+cat, Tom, 7
+dog, Alfred, 10
+chameleon, Linda, 1
+```
+
+`pets.txt` is actually a .csv file but it has the .txt extension, `open` is not able to convert it into a table :
+
+```shell
+> open pets.txt
+animal, name, age
+cat, Tom, 7
+dog, Alfred, 10
+chameleon, Linda, 1
+```
+
+To get a table from `pets.txt` we need to use the `from-csv` command :
+
+```shell
+> open pets.txt | from-csv
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━
+ # │ animal    │  name   │  age
+───┼───────────┼─────────┼──────
+ 0 │ cat       │  Tom    │  7
+ 1 │ dog       │  Alfred │  10
+ 2 │ chameleon │  Linda  │  1
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━
+```
+
+To ignore the csv headers use `--headerless` :
+```shell
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ Column1   │ Column2 │ Column3
+───┼───────────┼─────────┼─────────
+ 0 │ dog       │  Alfred │  10
+ 1 │ chameleon │  Linda  │  1
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━
+```
+

docs/commands/from-toml.md

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+# from-toml
+Converts toml data into table. Use this when nushell cannot dertermine the input file extension.
+
+## Example
+Let's say we have the following Rust .lock file :
+```shell
+> open Cargo.lock
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.                                   [[package]]                                                                name = "adler32"                                                           version = "1.0.3"                                                          source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+...
+```
+
+The "Cargo.lock" file is actually a .toml file, but the file extension isn't .toml. That's okay, we can use the `from-toml` command :
+
+
+```shell
+> open Cargo.lock | from-toml
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ metadata       │ package
+────────────────┼───────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 154 rows]
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/help.md

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+# help
+
+Use `help` for more information on a command.
+Use `help commands` to list all availble commands.
+Use `help <command name>` to display help about a particular command.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> help
+Welcome to Nushell.
+
+Here are some tips to help you get started.
+  * help commands - list all available commands
+  * help <command name> - display help about a particular command
+
+You can also learn more at https://book.nushell.sh
+```
+
+```shell
+> help commands
+━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ #  │ name         │ description 
+────┼──────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  0 │ add          │ Add a new field to the table. 
+  1 │ autoview     │ View the contents of the pipeline as a table or list. 
+  2 │ cd           │ Change to a new path. 
+  3 │ config       │ Configuration management. 
+  4 │ cp           │ Copy files. 
+  5 │ date         │ Get the current datetime. 
+...
+ 70 │ trim         │ Trim leading and following whitespace from text data. 
+ 71 │ version      │ Display Nu version 
+ 72 │ where        │ Filter table to match the condition. 
+ 73 │ which        │ Finds a program file. 
+━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> help cd
+Change to a new path.
+
+Usage:
+  > cd (directory)
+```
+
+

docs/commands/inc.md

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+# inc
+
+This command increments the value of variable by one.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> open rustfmt.toml
+---------
+ edition 
+---------
+ 2018 
+---------
+> open rustfmt.toml | inc edition
+---------
+ edition 
+---------
+ 2019 
+---------
+```
+
+```shell
+> open Cargo.toml | get package.version
+0.1.3
+> open Cargo.toml | inc package.version --major | get package.version
+1.0.0
+> open Cargo.toml | inc package.version --minor | get package.version
+0.2.0
+> open Cargo.toml | inc package.version --patch | get package.version
+0.1.4
+```

docs/commands/last.md

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+# last
+
+Use `last` to retrieve the last "n" rows of a table. `last` has a required amount parameter that indicates how many rows you would like returned. If more than one row is returned, an index column will be included showing the row number. `last` does not alter the order of the rows of the table.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> ps | last 1
+━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ pid │ name        │ status  │ cpu
+─────┼─────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────
+ 121 │ loginwindow │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> ps | last 5
+━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ pid │ name           │ status  │ cpu
+───┼─────┼────────────────┼─────────┼───────────────────
+ 0 │ 360 │ CommCenter     │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 1 │ 358 │ distnoted      │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 2 │ 356 │ UserEventAgent │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 3 │ 354 │ cfprefsd       │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+ 4 │ 121 │ loginwindow    │ Running │ 0.000000000000000
+━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+

docs/commands/lines.md

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+# lines
+This command takes a string from a pipeline as input, and returns a table where each line of the input string is a row in the table. Empty lines are ignored. This command is capable of feeding other commands, such as `nth`, with its output.
+
+## Usage
+```shell
+> [input-command] | lines
+```
+
+## Examples 
+Basic usage:
+```shell
+> printf "Hello\nWorld!\nLove, nushell." | lines
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ value 
+───┼────────────────
+ 0 │ Hello 
+ 1 │ World! 
+ 2 │ Love, nushell. 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+One useful application is piping the contents of file into `lines`. This example extracts a certain line from a given file.
+```shell
+> cat lines.md | lines | nth 6
+## Examples
+```
+
+Similarly to this example, `lines` can be used to extract certain portions of or apply transformations to data returned by any program which returns a string.

docs/commands/nth.md

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+# nth
+
+This command returns the nth row of a table, starting from 0.  
+If the number given is less than 0 or more than the number of rows, nothing is returned.
+
+## Usage
+```shell
+> [input-command] | nth [row-number]
+```
+
+## Examples
+```shell
+> ls
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name       │ type      │ readonly │ size   │ accessed      │ modified 
+───┼────────────┼───────────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────────┼───────────────
+ 0 │ Cargo.toml │ File      │          │ 239 B  │ 2 minutes ago │ 2 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ .git       │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 minutes ago │ 2 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ .gitignore │ File      │          │  19 B  │ 2 minutes ago │ 2 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ src        │ Directory │          │ 4.1 KB │ 2 minutes ago │ 2 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+> ls | nth 0
+━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ name       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed      │ modified 
+────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────────┼───────────────
+ Cargo.toml │ File │          │ 239 B  │ 2 minutes ago │ 2 minutes ago 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+> ls | nth 5
+```

docs/commands/open.md

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+# open
+
+Loads a file into a cell, convert it to table if possible (avoid by appending `--raw` flag)
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> cat user.yaml
+- Name: Peter
+  Age: 30
+  Telephone: 88204828
+  Country: Singapore
+- Name: Michael
+  Age: 42
+  Telephone: 44002010
+  Country: Spain
+- Name: Will
+  Age: 50
+  Telephone: 99521080
+  Country: Germany
+> open user.yaml
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ Name    │ Age │ Telephone │ Country
+───┼─────────┼─────┼───────────┼───────────
+ 0 │ Peter   │  30 │  88204828 │ Singapore
+ 1 │ Michael │  42 │  44002010 │ Spain
+ 2 │ Will    │  50 │  99521080 │ Germany
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open user.yaml --raw
+- Name: Peter
+  Age: 30
+  Telephone: 88204828
+  Country: Singapore
+- Name: Michael
+  Age: 42
+  Telephone: 44002010
+  Country: Spain
+- Name: Will
+  Age: 50
+  Telephone: 99521080
+  Country: Germany
+```
+
+```shell
+> cat user.json
+[
+	{
+		"Name": "Peter",
+		"Age": 30,
+		"Telephone": 88204828,
+		"Country": "Singapore"
+	},
+	{
+		"Name": "Michael",
+		"Age": 42,
+		"Telephone": 44002010,
+		"Country": "Spain"
+	},
+	{
+		"Name": "Will",
+		"Age": 50,
+		"Telephone": 99521080,
+		"Country": "Germany"
+	}
+]
+> open user.json
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ Name    │ Age │ Telephone │ Country
+───┼─────────┼─────┼───────────┼───────────
+ 0 │ Peter   │  30 │  88204828 │ Singapore
+ 1 │ Michael │  42 │  44002010 │ Spain
+ 2 │ Will    │  50 │  99521080 │ Germany
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open user.json --raw
+[
+	{
+		"Name": "Peter",
+		"Age": 30,
+		"Telephone": 88204828,
+		"Country": "Singapore"
+	},
+	{
+		"Name": "Michael",
+		"Age": 42,
+		"Telephone": 44002010,
+		"Country": "Spain"
+	},
+	{
+		"Name": "Will",
+		"Age": 50,
+		"Telephone": 99521080,
+		"Country": "Germany"
+	}
+]
+```

docs/commands/reverse.md

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+# reverse
+
+This command reverses the order of the elements in a sorted table. 
+
+## Examples 
+
+```shell
+> ls | sort-by name
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ 23 minutes ago │ 16 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 17 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ 21 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ 30 seconds ago │ now 
+ 4 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> ls | sort-by name | reverse
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 19 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ 39 seconds ago │ 18 seconds ago 
+ 2 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ 21 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ 23 minutes ago │ 16 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> ls | sort-by size
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ 21 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ 23 minutes ago │ 16 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 19 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ a minute ago   │ 26 seconds ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> ls | sort-by size | reverse
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name                       │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼────────────────────────────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ youshouldeatmorecereal.txt │ File │          │ 768 B  │ a minute ago   │ 32 seconds ago 
+ 1 │ zeusiscrazy.txt            │ File │          │ 556 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 19 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ abaracadabra.txt           │ File │          │ 401 B  │ 23 minutes ago │ 16 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ randomweirdstuff.txt       │ File │          │ 197 B  │ 21 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ coww.txt                   │ File │          │  24 B  │ 22 minutes ago │ 18 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/shells.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# shells
+
+Lists all the active nu shells with a number/index, a name and the path. Also marks the current nu shell.
+
+## Examples
+
+```
+> shells
+---+---+------------+---------------
+ # |   | name       | path 
+---+---+------------+---------------
+ 0 |   | filesystem | /usr 
+ 1 |   | filesystem | /home 
+ 2 | X | filesystem | /home/username 
+---+---+------------+---------------
+```
+
+```
+/> shells
+---+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------
+ # |   | name                                            | path
+---+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------
+ 0 |   | filesystem                                      | /Users/username/Code/nushell
+ 1 | X | {/Users/username/Code/nushell/Cargo.toml}       | /
+---+---+-------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------
+```

docs/commands/sort-by.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+
+# env
+
+The `sort-by` command sorts the table being displayed in the terminal by a chosen column(s). 
+
+`sort-by` takes multiple arguments (being the names of columns) sorting by each argument in order. 
+
+
+## Examples -
+
+```shell 
+/home/example> ls | sort-by size
+━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼──────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ az   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ a    │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 38 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ ad   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ ac   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ ab   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 5 │ c    │ File │          │ 102 B  │ 35 minutes ago │ 35 minutes ago 
+ 6 │ d    │ File │          │ 189 B  │ 35 minutes ago │ 34 minutes ago 
+ 7 │ b    │ File │          │ 349 B  │ 35 minutes ago │ 35 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell 
+/home/example> ls | sort-by size name
+━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼──────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ a    │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 39 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ ab   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ ac   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ ad   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ az   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 4 minutes ago  │ 4 minutes ago 
+ 5 │ c    │ File │          │ 102 B  │ 36 minutes ago │ 35 minutes ago 
+ 6 │ d    │ File │          │ 189 B  │ 35 minutes ago │ 35 minutes ago 
+ 7 │ b    │ File │          │ 349 B  │ 36 minutes ago │ 36 minutes ago 
+```
+
+```
+/home/example> ls | sort-by accessed
+━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ name │ type │ readonly │ size   │ accessed       │ modified 
+───┼──────┼──────┼──────────┼────────┼────────────────┼────────────────
+ 0 │ b    │ File │          │ 349 B  │ 37 minutes ago │ 37 minutes ago 
+ 1 │ c    │ File │          │ 102 B  │ 37 minutes ago │ 37 minutes ago 
+ 2 │ d    │ File │          │ 189 B  │ 37 minutes ago │ 36 minutes ago 
+ 3 │ a    │ File │          │  18 B  │ 6 minutes ago  │ 40 minutes ago 
+ 4 │ ab   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 6 minutes ago  │ 6 minutes ago 
+ 5 │ ac   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 6 minutes ago  │ 6 minutes ago 
+ 6 │ ad   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 5 minutes ago  │ 5 minutes ago 
+ 7 │ az   │ File │          │  18 B  │ 5 minutes ago  │ 5 minutes ago 
+━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/str.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# str
+
+Consumes either a single value or a table and converts the provided data to a string and optionally applies a change.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/TUX/stuff/expr/stuff
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | str path --upcase
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /HOME/TUX/STUFF/EXPR/STUFF
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | str path --downcase
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/tux/stuff/expr/stuff
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | str # --substring "21, 99"
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ stuff
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | str # --substring "6,"
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ TUX/stuff/expr/stuff
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+> echo "1, 2, 3" | split-row "," | str --to-int | sum
+━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+─────────
+       6
+━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/sum.md

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+# sum 
+This command allows you to calculate the sum of values in a column.  
+
+## Examples 
+To get the sum of the file sizes in a directory, simply pipe the size column from the ls command to the sum command.
+
+```shell
+> ls | get size | sum
+━━━━━━━━━
+ value
+━━━━━━━━━
+ 51.0 MB
+━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+To get the sum of the characters that make up your  present working directory.
+```shell
+> pwd | split-row / | size | get chars | sum
+━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+━━━━━━━━━
+21
+━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+Note that sum only works for integer and byte values. If the shell doesn't recognize the values in a column as one of those types, it will return an error.
+One way to solve this is to convert each row to an integer when possible and then pipe the result to `sum`
+
+```shell
+> open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | sum
+error: Unrecognized type in stream: Primitive(String("2509000000"))
+- shell:1:0
+1 | open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | sum
+  | ^^^^ source
+```
+
+```shell
+> open tests/fixtures/formats/caco3_plastics.csv | get tariff_item | str --to-int | sum
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ <value>
+─────────────
+ 29154639996
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/sys.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# sys
+
+This command gives information about the system where nu is running on.
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> sys
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ host           │ cpu            │ disks           │ mem            │ net              │ battery
+────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 3 rows] │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 18 rows] │ [table: 1 row]
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> sys | get host
+━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ name   │ release │ hostname     │ arch   │ uptime         │ users
+────────┼─────────┼──────────────┼────────┼────────────────┼──────────────────
+ Darwin │ 18.7.0  │ C02Y437GJGH6 │ x86_64 │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 17 rows]
+━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> sys | get cpu
+━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ cores │ current ghz       │ min ghz           │ max ghz
+───────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────
+    12 │ 2.600000000000000 │ 2.600000000000000 │ 2.600000000000000
+━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> sys | get mem
+━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━
+ total   │ free     │ swap total │ swap free
+─────────┼──────────┼────────────┼───────────
+ 34.4 GB │ 545.0 MB │     2.1 GB │  723.0 MB
+━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/tags.md

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+# tags
+
+The tags commands allows users to access the metadata of the previous value in
+the pipeline. This command may be run on multiple values of input as well.
+
+As of writing this, the only metadata returned includes:
+
+- `span`: the start and end indices of the previous value's substring location
+- `anchor`: the source where data was loaded from; this may not appear if the
+  previous pipeline value didn't actually have a source (like trying to `open` a
+  dir, or running `ls` on a dir)
+
+## Examples
+
+```shell
+> open README.md | tags
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ span           │ anchor
+────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] │ /Users/danielh/Projects/github/nushell/README.md
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> open README.md | tags | get span
+━━━━━━━┯━━━━━
+ start │ end
+───────┼─────
+     5 │  14
+━━━━━━━┷━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> ls | tags | first 3 | get span
+━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━
+ # │ start │ end
+───┼───────┼─────
+ 0 │     0 │   2
+ 1 │     0 │   2
+ 2 │     0 │   2
+━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━
+```
+
+## Reference
+
+More useful information on the `tags` command can be found by referencing [The
+Nu Book's entry on Metadata](https://book.nushell.sh/en/metadata)

docs/commands/to-csv.md

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+# to-csv
+
+Converts table data into csv text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | to-csv
+ ,name,path
+X,filesystem,/home/shaurya
+ ,filesystem,/home/shaurya/Pictures
+ ,filesystem,/home/shaurya/Desktop
+```
+
+```shell
+> open caco3_plastics.csv
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ importer     │ shipper      │ tariff_item │ name         │ origin   │ shipped_at │ arrived_at │ net_weight │ fob_price │ cif_price │ cif_per_net_ 
+   │              │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │ weight 
+───┼──────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────────────
+ 0 │ PLASTICOS    │ S A REVERTE  │ 2509000000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 18/03/2016 │ 17/04/2016 │ 81,000.00  │ 14,417.58 │ 18,252.34 │ 0.23 
+   │ RIVAL CIA    │              │             │ CALCIO TIPO  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ LTDA         │              │             │ CALCIPORE    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ 160 T AL     │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 1 │ MEXICHEM     │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO    │ COLOMBIA │ 07/07/2016 │ 10/07/2016 │ 26,000.00  │ 7,072.00  │ 8,127.18  │ 0.31 
+   │ ECUADOR S.A. │ S A          │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 2 │ PLASTIAZUAY  │ SA REVERTE   │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 27/07/2016 │ 09/08/2016 │ 81,000.00  │ 8,100.00  │ 11,474.55 │ 0.14 
+   │ SA           │              │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 3 │ PLASTICOS    │ AND          │ 2836500000  │ CALCIUM      │ TURKEY   │ 04/10/2016 │ 11/11/2016 │ 100,000.00 │ 17,500.00 │ 22,533.75 │ 0.23 
+   │ RIVAL CIA    │ ENDUSTRIYEL  │             │ CARBONATE    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ LTDA         │ HAMMADDELER  │             │ ANADOLU      │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ DIS TCARET   │             │ ANDCARB CT-1 │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ LTD.STI.     │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 4 │ QUIMICA      │ SA REVERTE   │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 24/06/2016 │ 12/07/2016 │ 27,000.00  │ 3,258.90  │ 5,585.00  │ 0.21 
+   │ COMERCIAL    │              │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ QUIMICIAL    │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ CIA. LTDA.   │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 5 │ PICA         │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 18/01/2016 │ 66,500.00  │ 12,635.00 │ 18,670.52 │ 0.28 
+   │ PLASTICOS    │ S.A          │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ INDUSTRIALES │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ C.A.         │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 6 │ PLASTIQUIM   │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 25/10/2016 │ 33,000.00  │ 6,270.00  │ 9,999.00  │ 0.30 
+   │ S.A.         │ S.A NIT      │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 830.027.386- │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 6            │             │ CON ACIDO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ ESTEARICO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ OMYA CARB 1T │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ CG BBS 1000  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 7 │ QUIMICOS     │ SIBELCO      │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/11/2016 │ 03/11/2016 │ 52,000.00  │ 8,944.00  │ 13,039.05 │ 0.25 
+   │ ANDINOS      │ COLOMBIA SAS │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ QUIMANDI     │              │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ S.A.         │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 8 │ TIGRE        │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 28/10/2016 │ 66,000.00  │ 11,748.00 │ 18,216.00 │ 0.28 
+   │ ECUADOR S.A. │ S.A NIT      │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ ECUATIGRE    │ 830.027.386- │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 6            │             │ CON ACIDO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ ESTEARICO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ OMYACARB 1T  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ CG BPA 25 NO │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open caco3_plastics.csv | to-csv
+importer,shipper,tariff_item,name,origin,shipped_at,arrived_at,net_weight,fob_price,cif_price,cif_per_net_weight
+PLASTICOS RIVAL CIA LTDA,S A REVERTE,2509000000,CARBONATO DE CALCIO TIPO CALCIPORE 160 T AL,SPAIN,18/03/2016,17/04/2016,"81,000.00","14,417.58","18,252.34",0.23
+MEXICHEM ECUADOR S.A.,OMYA ANDINA S A,2836500000,CARBONATO,COLOMBIA,07/07/2016,10/07/2016,"26,000.00","7,072.00","8,127.18",0.31
+PLASTIAZUAY SA,SA REVERTE,2836500000,CARBONATO DE CALCIO,SPAIN,27/07/2016,09/08/2016,"81,000.00","8,100.00","11,474.55",0.14
+PLASTICOS RIVAL CIA LTDA,AND ENDUSTRIYEL HAMMADDELER DIS TCARET LTD.STI.,2836500000,CALCIUM CARBONATE ANADOLU ANDCARB CT-1,TURKEY,04/10/2016,11/11/2016,"100,000.00","17,500.00","22,533.75",0.23
+QUIMICA COMERCIAL QUIMICIAL CIA. LTDA.,SA REVERTE,2836500000,CARBONATO DE CALCIO,SPAIN,24/06/2016,12/07/2016,"27,000.00","3,258.90","5,585.00",0.21
+PICA PLASTICOS INDUSTRIALES C.A.,OMYA ANDINA S.A,3824909999,CARBONATO DE CALCIO,COLOMBIA,01/01/1900,18/01/2016,"66,500.00","12,635.00","18,670.52",0.28
+PLASTIQUIM S.A.,OMYA ANDINA S.A NIT 830.027.386-6,3824909999,CARBONATO DE CALCIO RECUBIERTO CON ACIDO ESTEARICO OMYA CARB 1T CG BBS 1000,COLOMBIA,01/01/1900,25/10/2016,"33,000.00","6,270.00","9,999.00",0.30
+QUIMICOS ANDINOS QUIMANDI S.A.,SIBELCO COLOMBIA SAS,3824909999,CARBONATO DE CALCIO RECUBIERTO,COLOMBIA,01/11/2016,03/11/2016,"52,000.00","8,944.00","13,039.05",0.25
+TIGRE ECUADOR S.A. ECUATIGRE,OMYA ANDINA S.A NIT 830.027.386-6,3824909999,CARBONATO DE  CALCIO RECUBIERTO CON ACIDO ESTEARICO OMYACARB 1T CG BPA 25 NO,COLOMBIA,01/01/1900,28/10/2016,"66,000.00","11,748.00","18,216.00",0.28
+```

docs/commands/to-json.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# to-json
+
+Converts table data into json text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | to-json
+[{" ":"X","name":"filesystem","path":"/home/shaurya"},{" ":" ","name":"filesystem","path":"/home/shaurya/Pictures"},{" ":" ","name":"filesystem","path":"/home/shaurya/Desktop"}]
+```
+
+```shell
+> open sgml_description.json 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ glossary 
+────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open sgml_description.json | to-json
+{"glossary":{"title":"example glossary","GlossDiv":{"title":"S","GlossList":{"GlossEntry":{"ID":"SGML","SortAs":"SGML","GlossTerm":"Standard Generalized Markup Language","Acronym":"SGML","Abbrev":"ISO 8879:1986","Height":10,"GlossDef":{"para":"A meta-markup language, used to create markup languages such as DocBook.","GlossSeeAlso":["GML","XML"]},"Sections":[101,102],"GlossSee":"markup"}}}}}
+```
+We can also convert formats !
+```shell
+> open jonathan.xml
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ rss 
+────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open jonathan.xml | to-json
+{"rss":[{"channel":[{"title":["Jonathan Turner"]},{"link":["http://www.jonathanturner.org"]},{"link":[]},{"item":[{"title":["Creating crossplatform Rust terminal apps"]},{"description":["<p><img src=\"/images/pikachu.jpg\" alt=\"Pikachu animation in Windows\" /></p>\n\n<p><em>Look Mom, Pikachu running in Windows CMD!</em></p>\n\n<p>Part of the adventure is not seeing the way ahead and going anyway.</p>\n"]},{"pubDate":["Mon, 05 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000"]},{"link":["http://www.jonathanturner.org/2015/10/off-to-new-adventures.html"]},{"guid":["http://www.jonathanturner.org/2015/10/off-to-new-adventures.html"]}]}]}]}
+```

docs/commands/to-toml.md

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+# to-toml
+
+Converts table data into toml text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | to-toml
+[[]]
+" " = "X"
+name = "filesystem"
+path = "/home/shaurya"
+
+[[]]
+" " = " "
+name = "filesystem"
+path = "/home/shaurya/Pictures"
+
+[[]]
+" " = " "
+name = "filesystem"
+path = "/home/shaurya/Desktop"
+
+```
+
+```shell
+> open cargo_sample.toml
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ dependencies   │ dev-dependencies │ package 
+────────────────┼──────────────────┼────────────────
+ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 1 row]   │ [table: 1 row] 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open cargo_sample.toml | to-toml
+[dependencies]
+ansi_term = "0.11.0"
+app_dirs = "1.2.1"
+byte-unit = "2.1.0"
+bytes = "0.4.12"
+chrono-humanize = "0.0.11"
+chrono-tz = "0.5.1"
+clap = "2.33.0"
+conch-parser = "0.1.1"
+derive-new = "0.5.6"
+dunce = "1.0.0"
+futures-sink-preview = "0.3.0-alpha.16"
+futures_codec = "0.2.2"
+getset = "0.0.7"
+git2 = "0.8.0"
+itertools = "0.8.0"
+lalrpop-util = "0.17.0"
+language-reporting = "0.3.0"
+log = "0.4.6"
+logos = "0.10.0-rc2"
+logos-derive = "0.10.0-rc2"
+nom = "5.0.0-beta1"
+ordered-float = "1.0.2"
+pretty_env_logger = "0.3.0"
+prettyprint = "0.6.0"
+prettytable-rs = "0.8.0"
+regex = "1.1.6"
+rustyline = "4.1.0"
+serde = "1.0.91"
+serde_derive = "1.0.91"
+serde_json = "1.0.39"
+subprocess = "0.1.18"
+sysinfo = "0.8.4"
+term = "0.5.2"
+tokio-fs = "0.1.6"
+toml = "0.5.1"
+toml-query = "0.9.0"
+
+[dependencies.chrono]
+features = ["serde"]
+version = "0.4.6"
+
+[dependencies.cursive]
+default-features = false
+features = ["pancurses-backend"]
+version = "0.12.0"
+
+[dependencies.futures-preview]
+features = ["compat", "io-compat"]
+version = "0.3.0-alpha.16"
+
+[dependencies.indexmap]
+features = ["serde-1"]
+version = "1.0.2"
+
+[dependencies.pancurses]
+features = ["win32a"]
+version = "0.16"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+
+[package]
+authors = ["Yehuda Katz <wycats@gmail.com>"]
+description = "A shell for the GitHub era"
+edition = "2018"
+license = "ISC"
+name = "nu"
+version = "0.1.1"
+
+```

docs/commands/to-tsv.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# to-tsv
+
+Converts table data into tsv text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells |to-tsv
+ 	name	path
+X	filesystem	/home/shaurya
+ 	
+```
+
+```shell
+> open caco3_plastics.tsv 
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ importer     │ shipper      │ tariff_item │ name         │ origin   │ shipped_at │ arrived_at │ net_weight │ fob_price │ cif_price │ cif_per_net_ 
+   │              │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │ weight 
+───┼──────────────┼──────────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼──────────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼───────────┼───────────┼──────────────
+ 0 │ PLASTICOS    │ S A REVERTE  │ 2509000000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 18/03/2016 │ 17/04/2016 │ 81,000.00  │ 14,417.58 │ 18,252.34 │ 0.23 
+   │ RIVAL CIA    │              │             │ CALCIO TIPO  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ LTDA         │              │             │ CALCIPORE    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ 160 T AL     │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 1 │ MEXICHEM     │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO    │ COLOMBIA │ 07/07/2016 │ 10/07/2016 │ 26,000.00  │ 7,072.00  │ 8,127.18  │ 0.31 
+   │ ECUADOR S.A. │ S A          │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 2 │ PLASTIAZUAY  │ SA REVERTE   │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 27/07/2016 │ 09/08/2016 │ 81,000.00  │ 8,100.00  │ 11,474.55 │ 0.14 
+   │ SA           │              │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 3 │ PLASTICOS    │ AND          │ 2836500000  │ CALCIUM      │ TURKEY   │ 04/10/2016 │ 11/11/2016 │ 100,000.00 │ 17,500.00 │ 22,533.75 │ 0.23 
+   │ RIVAL CIA    │ ENDUSTRIYEL  │             │ CARBONATE    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ LTDA         │ HAMMADDELER  │             │ ANADOLU      │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ DIS TCARET   │             │ ANDCARB CT-1 │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ LTD.STI.     │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 4 │ QUIMICA      │ SA REVERTE   │ 2836500000  │ CARBONATO DE │ SPAIN    │ 24/06/2016 │ 12/07/2016 │ 27,000.00  │ 3,258.90  │ 5,585.00  │ 0.21 
+   │ COMERCIAL    │              │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ QUIMICIAL    │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ CIA. LTDA.   │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 5 │ PICA         │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 18/01/2016 │ 66,500.00  │ 12,635.00 │ 18,670.52 │ 0.28 
+   │ PLASTICOS    │ S.A          │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ INDUSTRIALES │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ C.A.         │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 6 │ PLASTIQUIM   │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 25/10/2016 │ 33,000.00  │ 6,270.00  │ 9,999.00  │ 0.30 
+   │ S.A.         │ S.A NIT      │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 830.027.386- │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 6            │             │ CON ACIDO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ ESTEARICO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ OMYA CARB 1T │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ CG BBS 1000  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 7 │ QUIMICOS     │ SIBELCO      │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/11/2016 │ 03/11/2016 │ 52,000.00  │ 8,944.00  │ 13,039.05 │ 0.25 
+   │ ANDINOS      │ COLOMBIA SAS │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ QUIMANDI     │              │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ S.A.         │              │             │              │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+ 8 │ TIGRE        │ OMYA ANDINA  │ 3824909999  │ CARBONATO DE │ COLOMBIA │ 01/01/1900 │ 28/10/2016 │ 66,000.00  │ 11,748.00 │ 18,216.00 │ 0.28 
+   │ ECUADOR S.A. │ S.A NIT      │             │ CALCIO       │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │ ECUATIGRE    │ 830.027.386- │             │ RECUBIERTO   │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │ 6            │             │ CON ACIDO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ ESTEARICO    │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ OMYACARB 1T  │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+   │              │              │             │ CG BPA 25 NO │          │            │            │            │           │           │  
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open caco3_plastics.tsv | to-tsv
+importer        shipper tariff_item     name    origin  shipped_at      arrived_at      net_weight      fob_price       cif_price       cif_per_net_weight
+PLASTICOS RIVAL CIA LTDA        S A REVERTE     2509000000      CARBONATO DE CALCIO TIPO CALCIPORE 160 T AL     SPAIN   18/03/2016      17/04/2016    81,000.00        14,417.58       18,252.34       0.23
+MEXICHEM ECUADOR S.A.   OMYA ANDINA S A 2836500000      CARBONATO       COLOMBIA        07/07/2016      10/07/2016      26,000.00       7,072.00      8,127.18 0.31
+PLASTIAZUAY SA  SA REVERTE      2836500000      CARBONATO DE CALCIO     SPAIN   27/07/2016      09/08/2016      81,000.00       8,100.00        11,474.55      0.14
+PLASTICOS RIVAL CIA LTDA        AND ENDUSTRIYEL HAMMADDELER DIS TCARET LTD.STI. 2836500000      CALCIUM CARBONATE ANADOLU ANDCARB CT-1  TURKEY  04/10/2016     11/11/2016      100,000.00      17,500.00       22,533.75       0.23
+QUIMICA COMERCIAL QUIMICIAL CIA. LTDA.  SA REVERTE      2836500000      CARBONATO DE CALCIO     SPAIN   24/06/2016      12/07/2016      27,000.00     3,258.90 5,585.00        0.21
+PICA PLASTICOS INDUSTRIALES C.A.        OMYA ANDINA S.A 3824909999      CARBONATO DE CALCIO     COLOMBIA        01/01/1900      18/01/2016      66,500.00      12,635.00       18,670.52       0.28
+PLASTIQUIM S.A. OMYA ANDINA S.A NIT 830.027.386-6       3824909999      CARBONATO DE CALCIO RECUBIERTO CON ACIDO ESTEARICO OMYA CARB 1T CG BBS 1000   COLOMBIA 01/01/1900      25/10/2016      33,000.00       6,270.00        9,999.00        0.30
+QUIMICOS ANDINOS QUIMANDI S.A.  SIBELCO COLOMBIA SAS    3824909999      CARBONATO DE CALCIO RECUBIERTO  COLOMBIA        01/11/2016      03/11/2016    52,000.00        8,944.00        13,039.05       0.25
+TIGRE ECUADOR S.A. ECUATIGRE    OMYA ANDINA S.A NIT 830.027.386-6       3824909999      CARBONATO DE  CALCIO RECUBIERTO CON ACIDO ESTEARICO OMYACARB 1T CG BPA 25 NO   COLOMBIA        01/01/1900      28/10/2016      66,000.00       11,748.00       18,216.00       0.28
+
+```

docs/commands/to-url.md

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# to-url
+
+Converts table data into url-formatted text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | to-url
+━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │ value 
+───┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+ 0 │ +=X&name=filesystem&path=%2Fhome%2Fshaurya 
+ 1 │ +=+&name=filesystem&path=%2Fhome%2Fshaurya%2FPictures 
+ 2 │ +=+&name=filesystem&path=%2Fhome%2Fshaurya%2FDesktop 
+━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+```shell
+> open sample.url 
+━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━
+ bread    │ cheese │ meat │ fat 
+──────────┼────────┼──────┼────────
+ baguette │ comté  │ ham  │ butter 
+━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━
+> open sample.url  | to-url
+bread=baguette&cheese=comt%C3%A9&meat=ham&fat=butter
+```

docs/commands/to-yaml.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# to-yaml
+
+Converts table data into yaml text.
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> shells
+━━━┯━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ # │   │ name       │ path 
+───┼───┼────────────┼────────────────────────
+ 0 │ X │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya 
+ 1 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Pictures 
+ 2 │   │ filesystem │ /home/shaurya/Desktop 
+━━━┷━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> shells | to-yaml
+---
+- " ": X
+  name: filesystem
+  path: /home/shaurya
+- " ": " "
+  name: filesystem
+  path: /home/shaurya/Pictures
+- " ": " "
+  name: filesystem
+  path: /home/shaurya/Desktop
+```
+
+```shell
+> open appveyor.yml 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+ image              │ environment    │ install         │ build │ test_script     │ cache 
+────────────────────┼────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────
+ Visual Studio 2017 │ [table: 1 row] │ [table: 5 rows] │       │ [table: 2 rows] │ [table: 2 rows] 
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┷━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+> open appveyor.yml | to-yaml
+---
+image: Visual Studio 2017
+environment:
+  global:
+    PROJECT_NAME: nushell
+    RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+  matrix:
+    - TARGET: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+      CHANNEL: nightly
+      BITS: 64
+install:
+  - "set PATH=C:\\msys64\\mingw%BITS%\\bin;C:\\msys64\\usr\\bin;%PATH%"
+  - "curl -sSf -o rustup-init.exe https://win.rustup.rs"
+  - rustup-init.exe -y --default-host %TARGET% --default-toolchain %CHANNEL%-%TARGET%
+  - "set PATH=%PATH%;C:\\Users\\appveyor\\.cargo\\bin"
+  - "call \"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Auxiliary\\Build\\vcvars64.bat\""
+build: false
+test_script:
+  - cargo build --verbose
+  - cargo test --all --verbose
+cache:
+  - target -> Cargo.lock
+  - "C:\\Users\\appveyor\\.cargo\\registry -> Cargo.lock"
+```

docs/commands/trim.md

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# trim
+
+Trim leading and following whitespace from text data
+
+## Example
+
+```shell
+> echo "    Hello world"
+    Hello world
+> echo "    Hello world" | trim
+Hello world
+```

docs/commands/version.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# version
+
+Outputs the nushell version.
+
+## Examples 
+
+```shell
+> version
+━━━━━━━━━
+ version 
+─────────
+ 0.3.0 
+━━━━━━━━━
+```

docs/commands/where.md

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# where
+
+This command filters the content of a table based on a condition passed as a parameter, which must be a boolean expression making use of any of the table columns. Other commands such as `ls` are capable of feeding `where` with their output through pipelines.
+
+## Usage
+```shell
+> [input-command] | where [condition]
+```
+
+## Examples 
+
+```shell
+> ls | where size > 4kb
+----+----------------+------+----------+----------+----------------+----------------
+ #  | name           | type | readonly | size     | accessed       | modified 
+----+----------------+------+----------+----------+----------------+----------------
+ 0  | IMG_1291.jpg   | File |          | 115.5 KB | a month ago    | 4 months ago 
+ 1  | README.md      | File |          | 11.1 KB  | 2 days ago     | 2 days ago 
+ 2  | IMG_1291.png   | File |          | 589.0 KB | a month ago    | a month ago 
+ 3  | IMG_1381.jpg   | File |          | 81.0 KB  | a month ago    | 4 months ago 
+ 4  | butterfly.jpeg | File |          | 4.2 KB   | a month ago    | a month ago 
+ 5  | Cargo.lock     | File |          | 199.6 KB | 22 minutes ago | 22 minutes ago
+```
+
+```shell
+> ps | where cpu > 10
+---+-------+----------+-------+-----------------------------
+ # | pid   | status   | cpu   | name 
+---+-------+----------+-------+-----------------------------
+ 0 | 1992  | Sleeping | 44.52 | /usr/bin/gnome-shell 
+ 1 | 1069  | Sleeping | 16.15 |  
+ 2 | 24116 | Sleeping | 13.70 | /opt/google/chrome/chrome 
+ 3 | 21976 | Sleeping | 12.67 | /usr/share/discord/Discord
+```

docs/docker.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ docker run -it .
 This image does not contain the common packages contained in the default tag and only contains the minimal packages needed to run `nu`. Unless you are working in an environment where only the `nu` image will be deployed and you have space constraints, it's highly recommended to use the alpine image if you aim for small image size. Only use this image if you really need **both** `glibc` and small image size.
 
 ### `nu:<version>-alpine`
-This image is based on the popular [Alpine Linux project](http://alpinelinux.org/), available in [the alpine official image][alpine]. Alpine Linux is much smaller than most distribution base images (~5MB), and thus leads to much slimmer images in general.
+This image is based on the popular [Alpine Linux project](https://alpinelinux.org/), available in [the alpine official image][alpine]. Alpine Linux is much smaller than most distribution base images (~5MB), and thus leads to much slimmer images in general.
 
 This variant is highly recommended when final image size being as small as possible is desired. The main caveat to note is that it does use `musl` libc instead of `glibc` and friends, so certain software might run into issues depending on the depth of their libc requirements. However, most software doesn't have an issue with this, so this variant is usually a very safe choice. See [this Hacker News comment thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10782897) for more discussion of the issues that might arise and some pro/con comparisons of using Alpine-based images.
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["nu"]
 </details>
 
 ### `nu:<version>-<libc-variant>-busybox`
-This image is based on [Busybox](http://www.busybox.net/) which is a very good ingredient to craft space-efficient distributions. It combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It also provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. Basically, this image provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system.
+This image is based on [Busybox](https://www.busybox.net/) which is a very good ingredient to craft space-efficient distributions. It combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It also provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. Basically, this image provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system.
 
 > Use this only if you need common utilities like `tar`, `awk`, and many more but don't want extra blob like nushell plugins and others.
 
@@ -120,5 +120,5 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["nu"]
 ```
 </details>
 
-[musl]: http://www.musl-libc.org/
+[musl]: https://www.musl-libc.org/
 [alpine]: https://hub.docker.com/_/alpine/

features.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[hintsv1]
+
+description = "Adding hints based upon error states in the syntax highlighter"
+enabled = false
+
+[coloring_in_tokens]
+
+description = "Move coloring into the TokensIterator so they can be atomic with the rest of the iterator"
+reason = """
+This is laying the groundwork for merging coloring and parsing. It also makes token_nodes.atomic() naturally
+work with coloring, which is pretty useful on its own.
+"""
+enabled = false
+
+[data_processing_primitives]
+
+description = "Groundwork so tables can be data processed"
+reason = """
+These will allow take tables and be able to transform, process, and explore.
+"""
+enabled = false

rust-toolchain

@@ -1 +1 @@
-nightly-2019-09-11
+beta-2019-09-25

src/cli.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::commands::autoview;
 use crate::commands::classified::{
     ClassifiedCommand, ClassifiedInputStream, ClassifiedPipeline, ExternalCommand, InternalCommand,
     StreamNext,
@@ -13,10 +12,15 @@ pub(crate) use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::fuzzysearch::{interactive_fuzzy_search, SelectionResult};
 use crate::git::current_branch;
 use crate::parser::registry::Signature;
-use crate::parser::{hir, CallNode, Pipeline, PipelineElement, TokenNode};
+use crate::parser::{
+    hir,
+    hir::syntax_shape::{expand_syntax, ExpandContext, PipelineShape},
+    hir::{expand_external_tokens::ExternalTokensShape, tokens_iterator::TokensIterator},
+    TokenNode,
+};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-use log::{debug, trace};
+use log::{debug, log_enabled, trace};
 use rustyline::error::ReadlineError;
 use rustyline::{self, config::Configurer, config::EditMode, ColorMode, Config, Editor};
 use std::env;
@@ -24,7 +28,7 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
 use std::iter::Iterator;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum MaybeOwned<'a, T> {
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ fn load_plugin(path: &std::path::Path, context: &mut Context) -> Result<(), Shel
                         let name = params.name.clone();
                         let fname = fname.to_string();
 
-                        if context.has_command(&name) {
+                        if let Some(_) = context.get_command(&name) {
                             trace!("plugin {:?} already loaded.", &name);
                         } else {
                             if params.is_filter {
@@ -94,11 +98,17 @@ fn load_plugin(path: &std::path::Path, context: &mut Context) -> Result<(), Shel
                 },
                 Err(e) => {
                     trace!("incompatible plugin {:?}", input);
-                    Err(ShellError::string(format!("Error: {:?}", e)))
+                    Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
+                        "Error: {:?}",
+                        e
+                    )))
                 }
             }
         }
-        Err(e) => Err(ShellError::string(format!("Error: {:?}", e))),
+        Err(e) => Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
+            "Error: {:?}",
+            e
+        ))),
     };
 
     let _ = child.wait();
@@ -153,6 +163,8 @@ fn load_plugins(context: &mut Context) -> Result<(), ShellError> {
         require_literal_leading_dot: false,
     };
 
+    set_env_from_config();
+
     for path in search_paths() {
         let mut pattern = path.to_path_buf();
 
@@ -248,13 +260,14 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(Next),
             whole_stream_command(Previous),
             whole_stream_command(Debug),
-            whole_stream_command(Lines),
             whole_stream_command(Shells),
             whole_stream_command(SplitColumn),
             whole_stream_command(SplitRow),
             whole_stream_command(Lines),
             whole_stream_command(Reject),
             whole_stream_command(Reverse),
+            whole_stream_command(Append),
+            whole_stream_command(Prepend),
             whole_stream_command(Trim),
             whole_stream_command(ToBSON),
             whole_stream_command(ToCSV),
@@ -266,12 +279,15 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(ToURL),
             whole_stream_command(ToYAML),
             whole_stream_command(SortBy),
+            whole_stream_command(GroupBy),
             whole_stream_command(Tags),
+            whole_stream_command(Count),
             whole_stream_command(First),
             whole_stream_command(Last),
             whole_stream_command(Env),
             whole_stream_command(FromCSV),
             whole_stream_command(FromTSV),
+            whole_stream_command(FromSSV),
             whole_stream_command(FromINI),
             whole_stream_command(FromBSON),
             whole_stream_command(FromJSON),
@@ -294,6 +310,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(SkipWhile),
             per_item_command(Enter),
             per_item_command(Help),
+            per_item_command(History),
             whole_stream_command(Exit),
             whole_stream_command(Autoview),
             whole_stream_command(Pivot),
@@ -305,6 +322,8 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             whole_stream_command(Table),
             whole_stream_command(Version),
             whole_stream_command(Which),
+            #[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
+            whole_stream_command(SplitBy),
         ]);
 
         #[cfg(feature = "clipboard")]
@@ -314,6 +333,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             )]);
         }
     }
+
     let _ = load_plugins(&mut context);
 
     let config = Config::builder().color_mode(ColorMode::Forced).build();
@@ -327,24 +347,21 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     // we are ok if history does not exist
     let _ = rl.load_history(&History::path());
 
-    let ctrl_c = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
-    let cc = ctrl_c.clone();
+    let cc = context.ctrl_c.clone();
     ctrlc::set_handler(move || {
         cc.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     })
     .expect("Error setting Ctrl-C handler");
     let mut ctrlcbreak = false;
     loop {
-        if ctrl_c.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
-            ctrl_c.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        if context.ctrl_c.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+            context.ctrl_c.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
             continue;
         }
 
         let cwd = context.shell_manager.path();
 
-        rl.set_helper(Some(crate::shell::Helper::new(
-            context.shell_manager.clone(),
-        )));
+        rl.set_helper(Some(crate::shell::Helper::new(context.clone())));
 
         let edit_mode = config::config(Tag::unknown())?
             .get("edit_mode")
@@ -359,7 +376,8 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
 
         // Register Ctrl-r for history fuzzy search
         // rustyline doesn't support custom commands, so we override Ctrl-D (EOF)
-        #[cfg(not(windows))] // https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/689
+        // https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/689
+        #[cfg(all(not(windows), feature = "crossterm"))]
         rl.bind_sequence(rustyline::KeyPress::Ctrl('R'), rustyline::Cmd::EndOfFile);
         // Redefine Ctrl-D to same command as Ctrl-C
         rl.bind_sequence(rustyline::KeyPress::Ctrl('D'), rustyline::Cmd::Interrupt);
@@ -402,9 +420,22 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         match process_line(readline, &mut context).await {
             LineResult::Success(line) => {
                 rl.add_history_entry(line.clone());
+                let _ = rl.save_history(&History::path());
             }
 
             LineResult::CtrlC => {
+                let config_ctrlc_exit = config::config(Tag::unknown())?
+                    .get("ctrlc_exit")
+                    .map(|s| match s.as_string().unwrap().as_ref() {
+                        "true" => true,
+                        _ => false,
+                    })
+                    .unwrap_or(false); // default behavior is to allow CTRL-C spamming similar to other shells
+
+                if !config_ctrlc_exit {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if ctrlcbreak {
                     let _ = rl.save_history(&History::path());
                     std::process::exit(0);
@@ -415,21 +446,12 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
                 }
             }
 
-            LineResult::Error(mut line, err) => {
+            LineResult::Error(line, err) => {
                 rl.add_history_entry(line.clone());
-                let diag = err.to_diagnostic();
+                let _ = rl.save_history(&History::path());
+
                 context.with_host(|host| {
-                    let writer = host.err_termcolor();
-                    line.push_str(" ");
-                    let files = crate::parser::Files::new(line);
-                    let _ = std::panic::catch_unwind(move || {
-                        let _ = language_reporting::emit(
-                            &mut writer.lock(),
-                            &files,
-                            &diag,
-                            &language_reporting::DefaultConfig,
-                        );
-                    });
+                    print_err(err, host, &Text::from(line));
                 })
             }
 
@@ -446,6 +468,78 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn chomp_newline(s: &str) -> &str {
+    if s.ends_with('\n') {
+        &s[..s.len() - 1]
+    } else {
+        s
+    }
+}
+
+fn set_env_from_config() {
+    let config = crate::data::config::read(Tag::unknown(), &None).unwrap();
+
+    if config.contains_key("env") {
+        // Clear the existing vars, we're about to replace them
+        for (key, _value) in std::env::vars() {
+            std::env::remove_var(key);
+        }
+
+        let value = config.get("env");
+
+        match value {
+            Some(Tagged {
+                item: Value::Row(r),
+                ..
+            }) => {
+                for (k, v) in &r.entries {
+                    match v.as_string() {
+                        Ok(value_string) => {
+                            std::env::set_var(k, value_string);
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    if config.contains_key("path") {
+        // Override the path with what they give us from config
+        let value = config.get("path");
+
+        match value {
+            Some(value) => match value {
+                Tagged {
+                    item: Value::Table(table),
+                    ..
+                } => {
+                    let mut paths = vec![];
+                    for val in table {
+                        let path_str = val.as_string();
+                        match path_str {
+                            Err(_) => {}
+                            Ok(path_str) => {
+                                paths.push(PathBuf::from(path_str));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    let path_os_string = std::env::join_paths(&paths);
+                    match path_os_string {
+                        Ok(path_os_string) => {
+                            std::env::set_var("PATH", path_os_string);
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => {}
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            },
+            None => {}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 enum LineResult {
     Success(String),
     Error(String, ShellError),
@@ -458,9 +552,11 @@ async fn process_line(readline: Result<String, ReadlineError>, ctx: &mut Context
         Ok(line) if line.trim() == "" => LineResult::Success(line.clone()),
 
         Ok(line) => {
-            let result = match crate::parser::parse(&line, uuid::Uuid::nil()) {
+            let line = chomp_newline(line);
+
+            let result = match crate::parser::parse(&line) {
                 Err(err) => {
-                    return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err);
+                    return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err);
                 }
 
                 Ok(val) => val,
@@ -471,28 +567,32 @@ async fn process_line(readline: Result<String, ReadlineError>, ctx: &mut Context
 
             let mut pipeline = match classify_pipeline(&result, ctx, &Text::from(line)) {
                 Ok(pipeline) => pipeline,
-                Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
             };
 
             match pipeline.commands.last() {
                 Some(ClassifiedCommand::External(_)) => {}
                 _ => pipeline
                     .commands
+                    .item
                     .push(ClassifiedCommand::Internal(InternalCommand {
-                        command: whole_stream_command(autoview::Autoview),
+                        name: "autoview".to_string(),
                         name_tag: Tag::unknown(),
                         args: hir::Call::new(
                             Box::new(hir::Expression::synthetic_string("autoview")),
                             None,
                             None,
-                        ),
+                        )
+                        .spanned_unknown(),
                     })),
             }
 
             let mut input = ClassifiedInputStream::new();
+            let mut iter = pipeline.commands.item.into_iter().peekable();
 
-            let mut iter = pipeline.commands.into_iter().peekable();
-            let mut is_first_command = true;
+            // Check the config to see if we need to update the path
+            // TODO: make sure config is cached so we don't path this load every call
+            set_env_from_config();
 
             loop {
                 let item: Option<ClassifiedCommand> = iter.next();
@@ -501,16 +601,24 @@ async fn process_line(readline: Result<String, ReadlineError>, ctx: &mut Context
                 input = match (item, next) {
                     (None, _) => break,
 
+                    (Some(ClassifiedCommand::Dynamic(_)), _)
+                    | (_, Some(ClassifiedCommand::Dynamic(_))) => {
+                        return LineResult::Error(
+                            line.to_string(),
+                            ShellError::unimplemented("Dynamic commands"),
+                        )
+                    }
+
                     (Some(ClassifiedCommand::Expr(_)), _) => {
                         return LineResult::Error(
-                            line.clone(),
+                            line.to_string(),
                             ShellError::unimplemented("Expression-only commands"),
                         )
                     }
 
                     (_, Some(ClassifiedCommand::Expr(_))) => {
                         return LineResult::Error(
-                            line.clone(),
+                            line.to_string(),
                             ShellError::unimplemented("Expression-only commands"),
                         )
                     }
@@ -518,31 +626,46 @@ async fn process_line(readline: Result<String, ReadlineError>, ctx: &mut Context
                     (
                         Some(ClassifiedCommand::Internal(left)),
                         Some(ClassifiedCommand::External(_)),
-                    ) => match left
-                        .run(ctx, input, Text::from(line), is_first_command)
-                        .await
-                    {
+                    ) => match left.run(ctx, input, Text::from(line)) {
                         Ok(val) => ClassifiedInputStream::from_input_stream(val),
-                        Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                        Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                     },
 
                     (Some(ClassifiedCommand::Internal(left)), Some(_)) => {
-                        match left
-                            .run(ctx, input, Text::from(line), is_first_command)
-                            .await
-                        {
+                        match left.run(ctx, input, Text::from(line)) {
                             Ok(val) => ClassifiedInputStream::from_input_stream(val),
-                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                         }
                     }
 
                     (Some(ClassifiedCommand::Internal(left)), None) => {
-                        match left
-                            .run(ctx, input, Text::from(line), is_first_command)
-                            .await
-                        {
-                            Ok(val) => ClassifiedInputStream::from_input_stream(val),
-                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                        match left.run(ctx, input, Text::from(line)) {
+                            Ok(val) => {
+                                use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
+
+                                let mut output_stream: OutputStream = val.into();
+                                loop {
+                                    match output_stream.try_next().await {
+                                        Ok(Some(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged {
+                                            item: Value::Error(e),
+                                            ..
+                                        }))) => {
+                                            return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), e);
+                                        }
+                                        Ok(Some(_item)) => {
+                                            if ctx.ctrl_c.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                                                break;
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                        _ => {
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                return LineResult::Success(line.to_string());
+                            }
+                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                         }
                     }
 
@@ -551,28 +674,26 @@ async fn process_line(readline: Result<String, ReadlineError>, ctx: &mut Context
                         Some(ClassifiedCommand::External(_)),
                     ) => match left.run(ctx, input, StreamNext::External).await {
                         Ok(val) => val,
-                        Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                        Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                     },
 
                     (Some(ClassifiedCommand::External(left)), Some(_)) => {
                         match left.run(ctx, input, StreamNext::Internal).await {
                             Ok(val) => val,
-                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                         }
                     }
 
                     (Some(ClassifiedCommand::External(left)), None) => {
                         match left.run(ctx, input, StreamNext::Last).await {
                             Ok(val) => val,
-                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.clone(), err),
+                            Err(err) => return LineResult::Error(line.to_string(), err),
                         }
                     }
                 };
-
-                is_first_command = false;
             }
 
-            LineResult::Success(line.clone())
+            LineResult::Success(line.to_string())
         }
         Err(ReadlineError::Interrupted) => LineResult::CtrlC,
         Err(ReadlineError::Eof) => LineResult::Break,
@@ -588,95 +709,62 @@ fn classify_pipeline(
     context: &Context,
     source: &Text,
 ) -> Result<ClassifiedPipeline, ShellError> {
-    let pipeline = pipeline.as_pipeline()?;
+    let mut pipeline_list = vec![pipeline.clone()];
+    let mut iterator = TokensIterator::all(&mut pipeline_list, pipeline.span());
 
-    let Pipeline { parts, .. } = pipeline;
+    let result = expand_syntax(
+        &PipelineShape,
+        &mut iterator,
+        &context.expand_context(source),
+    )
+    .map_err(|err| err.into());
 
-    let commands: Result<Vec<_>, ShellError> = parts
-        .iter()
-        .map(|item| classify_command(&item, context, &source))
-        .collect();
-
-    Ok(ClassifiedPipeline {
-        commands: commands?,
-    })
-}
-
-fn classify_command(
-    command: &PipelineElement,
-    context: &Context,
-    source: &Text,
-) -> Result<ClassifiedCommand, ShellError> {
-    let call = command.call();
-
-    match call {
-        // If the command starts with `^`, treat it as an external command no matter what
-        call if call.head().is_external() => {
-            let name_tag = call.head().expect_external();
-            let name = name_tag.slice(source);
-
-            Ok(external_command(call, source, name.tagged(name_tag)))
-        }
-
-        // Otherwise, if the command is a bare word, we'll need to triage it
-        call if call.head().is_bare() => {
-            let head = call.head();
-            let name = head.source(source);
-
-            match context.has_command(name) {
-                // if the command is in the registry, it's an internal command
-                true => {
-                    let command = context.get_command(name);
-                    let config = command.signature();
-
-                    trace!(target: "nu::build_pipeline", "classifying {:?}", config);
-
-                    let args: hir::Call = config.parse_args(call, &context, source)?;
-
-                    trace!(target: "nu::build_pipeline", "args :: {}", args.debug(source));
-
-                    Ok(ClassifiedCommand::Internal(InternalCommand {
-                        command,
-                        name_tag: head.tag(),
-                        args,
-                    }))
-                }
-
-                // otherwise, it's an external command
-                false => Ok(external_command(call, source, name.tagged(head.tag()))),
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If the command is something else (like a number or a variable), that is currently unsupported.
-        // We might support `$somevar` as a curried command in the future.
-        call => Err(ShellError::invalid_command(call.head().tag())),
+    if log_enabled!(target: "nu::expand_syntax", log::Level::Debug) {
+        println!("");
+        ptree::print_tree(&iterator.expand_tracer().print(source.clone())).unwrap();
+        println!("");
     }
+
+    result
 }
 
 // Classify this command as an external command, which doesn't give special meaning
 // to nu syntactic constructs, and passes all arguments to the external command as
 // strings.
-fn external_command(
-    call: &Tagged<CallNode>,
-    source: &Text,
+pub(crate) fn external_command(
+    tokens: &mut TokensIterator,
+    context: &ExpandContext,
     name: Tagged<&str>,
-) -> ClassifiedCommand {
-    let arg_list_strings: Vec<Tagged<String>> = match call.children() {
-        Some(args) => args
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|i| match i {
-                TokenNode::Whitespace(_) => None,
-                other => Some(other.as_external_arg(source).tagged(other.tag())),
-            })
-            .collect(),
-        None => vec![],
-    };
+) -> Result<ClassifiedCommand, ParseError> {
+    let Spanned { item, span } = expand_syntax(&ExternalTokensShape, tokens, context)?;
 
-    let (name, tag) = name.into_parts();
-
-    ClassifiedCommand::External(ExternalCommand {
+    Ok(ClassifiedCommand::External(ExternalCommand {
         name: name.to_string(),
-        name_tag: tag,
-        args: arg_list_strings,
-    })
+        name_tag: name.tag(),
+        args: item
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| Tagged {
+                tag: x.span.into(),
+                item: x.item.clone(),
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .spanned(span),
+    }))
+}
+
+pub fn print_err(err: ShellError, host: &dyn Host, source: &Text) {
+    let diag = err.to_diagnostic();
+
+    let writer = host.err_termcolor();
+    let mut source = source.to_string();
+    source.push_str(" ");
+    let files = crate::parser::Files::new(source);
+    let _ = std::panic::catch_unwind(move || {
+        let _ = language_reporting::emit(
+            &mut writer.lock(),
+            &files,
+            &diag,
+            &language_reporting::DefaultConfig,
+        );
+    });
 }

src/commands.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 pub(crate) mod macros;
 
+pub(crate) mod append;
 pub(crate) mod args;
 pub(crate) mod autoview;
 pub(crate) mod cd;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ pub(crate) mod classified;
 pub(crate) mod clip;
 pub(crate) mod command;
 pub(crate) mod config;
+pub(crate) mod count;
 pub(crate) mod cp;
 pub(crate) mod date;
 pub(crate) mod debug;
@@ -22,13 +24,16 @@ pub(crate) mod from_csv;
 pub(crate) mod from_ini;
 pub(crate) mod from_json;
 pub(crate) mod from_sqlite;
+pub(crate) mod from_ssv;
 pub(crate) mod from_toml;
 pub(crate) mod from_tsv;
 pub(crate) mod from_url;
 pub(crate) mod from_xml;
 pub(crate) mod from_yaml;
 pub(crate) mod get;
+pub(crate) mod group_by;
 pub(crate) mod help;
+pub(crate) mod history;
 pub(crate) mod last;
 pub(crate) mod lines;
 pub(crate) mod ls;
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ pub(crate) mod pick;
 pub(crate) mod pivot;
 pub(crate) mod plugin;
 pub(crate) mod post;
+pub(crate) mod prepend;
 pub(crate) mod prev;
 pub(crate) mod pwd;
 pub(crate) mod reject;
@@ -51,6 +57,10 @@ pub(crate) mod shells;
 pub(crate) mod size;
 pub(crate) mod skip_while;
 pub(crate) mod sort_by;
+
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
+pub(crate) mod split_by;
+
 pub(crate) mod split_column;
 pub(crate) mod split_row;
 pub(crate) mod table;
@@ -75,7 +85,10 @@ pub(crate) use command::{
     UnevaluatedCallInfo, WholeStreamCommand,
 };
 
+pub(crate) use append::Append;
+pub(crate) use classified::ClassifiedCommand;
 pub(crate) use config::Config;
+pub(crate) use count::Count;
 pub(crate) use cp::Cpy;
 pub(crate) use date::Date;
 pub(crate) use debug::Debug;
@@ -91,6 +104,7 @@ pub(crate) use from_ini::FromINI;
 pub(crate) use from_json::FromJSON;
 pub(crate) use from_sqlite::FromDB;
 pub(crate) use from_sqlite::FromSQLite;
+pub(crate) use from_ssv::FromSSV;
 pub(crate) use from_toml::FromTOML;
 pub(crate) use from_tsv::FromTSV;
 pub(crate) use from_url::FromURL;
@@ -98,7 +112,9 @@ pub(crate) use from_xml::FromXML;
 pub(crate) use from_yaml::FromYAML;
 pub(crate) use from_yaml::FromYML;
 pub(crate) use get::Get;
+pub(crate) use group_by::GroupBy;
 pub(crate) use help::Help;
+pub(crate) use history::History;
 pub(crate) use last::Last;
 pub(crate) use lines::Lines;
 pub(crate) use ls::LS;
@@ -110,6 +126,7 @@ pub(crate) use open::Open;
 pub(crate) use pick::Pick;
 pub(crate) use pivot::Pivot;
 pub(crate) use post::Post;
+pub(crate) use prepend::Prepend;
 pub(crate) use prev::Previous;
 pub(crate) use pwd::PWD;
 pub(crate) use reject::Reject;
@@ -120,6 +137,10 @@ pub(crate) use shells::Shells;
 pub(crate) use size::Size;
 pub(crate) use skip_while::SkipWhile;
 pub(crate) use sort_by::SortBy;
+
+#[cfg(data_processing_primitives)]
+pub(crate) use split_by::SplitBy;
+
 pub(crate) use split_column::SplitColumn;
 pub(crate) use split_row::SplitRow;
 pub(crate) use table::Table;

src/commands/append.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::CommandRegistry;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct AppendArgs {
+    row: Tagged<Value>,
+}
+
+pub struct Append;
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for Append {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "append"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("append").required(
+            "row value",
+            SyntaxShape::Any,
+            "the value of the row to append to the table",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Append the given row to the table"
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, append)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+fn append(
+    AppendArgs { row }: AppendArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let mut after: VecDeque<Tagged<Value>> = VecDeque::new();
+    after.push_back(row);
+
+    Ok(OutputStream::from_input(input.values.chain(after)))
+}

src/commands/autoview.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 use crate::commands::{RawCommandArgs, WholeStreamCommand};
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::hir::{Expression, NamedArguments};
 use crate::prelude::*;
+use futures::stream::TryStreamExt;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 pub struct Autoview;
 
+const STREAM_PAGE_SIZE: u64 = 50;
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct AutoviewArgs {}
 
@@ -31,93 +36,138 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Autoview {
 
 pub fn autoview(
     AutoviewArgs {}: AutoviewArgs,
-    mut context: RunnableContext,
+    context: RunnableContext,
     raw: RawCommandArgs,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    Ok(OutputStream::new(async_stream_block! {
-        let input = context.input.drain_vec().await;
+    let binary = context.get_command("binaryview");
+    let text = context.get_command("textview");
+    let table = context.get_command("table");
 
-        if input.len() > 0 {
-            if let Tagged {
-                item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(_)),
-                ..
-            } = input[0usize]
-            {
-                let binary = context.get_command("binaryview");
-                if let Some(binary) = binary {
-                    let result = binary.run(raw.with_input(input), &context.commands, false);
-                    result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
-                } else {
-                    for i in input {
-                        match i.item {
-                            Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(b)) => {
-                                use pretty_hex::*;
-                                println!("{:?}", b.hex_dump());
+    Ok(OutputStream::new(async_stream! {
+        let mut output_stream: OutputStream = context.input.into();
+
+        match output_stream.try_next().await {
+            Ok(Some(x)) => {
+                match output_stream.try_next().await {
+                    Ok(Some(y)) => {
+                        let ctrl_c = context.ctrl_c.clone();
+                        let stream = async_stream! {
+                            yield Ok(x);
+                            yield Ok(y);
+
+                            loop {
+                                match output_stream.try_next().await {
+                                    Ok(Some(z)) => {
+                                        if ctrl_c.load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+                                        yield Ok(z);
+                                    }
+                                    _ => break,
+                                }
+                            }
+                        };
+                        if let Some(table) = table {
+                            let mut new_output_stream: OutputStream = stream.to_output_stream();
+                            let mut finished = false;
+                            let mut current_idx = 0;
+                            loop {
+                                let mut new_input = VecDeque::new();
+
+                                for _ in 0..STREAM_PAGE_SIZE {
+                                    match new_output_stream.try_next().await {
+
+                                        Ok(Some(a)) => {
+                                            if let ReturnSuccess::Value(v) = a {
+                                                new_input.push_back(v);
+                                            }
+                                        }
+                                        _ => {
+                                            finished = true;
+                                            break;
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                let raw = raw.clone();
+
+                                let mut command_args = raw.with_input(new_input.into());
+                                let mut named_args = NamedArguments::new();
+                                named_args.insert_optional("start_number", Some(Expression::number(current_idx, Tag::unknown())));
+                                command_args.call_info.args.named = Some(named_args);
+
+                                let result = table.run(command_args, &context.commands);
+                                result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
+
+                                if finished {
+                                    break;
+                                } else {
+                                    current_idx += STREAM_PAGE_SIZE;
+                                }
                             }
-                            _ => {}
                         }
                     }
-                };
-            } else if is_single_origined_text_value(&input) {
-                let text = context.get_command("textview");
-                if let Some(text) = text {
-                    let result = text.run(raw.with_input(input), &context.commands, false);
-                    result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
-                } else {
-                    for i in input {
-                        match i.item {
-                            Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
-                                println!("{}", s);
+                    _ => {
+                        if let ReturnSuccess::Value(x) = x {
+                            match x {
+                                Tagged {
+                                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(ref s)),
+                                    tag: Tag { anchor, span },
+                                } if anchor.is_some() => {
+                                    if let Some(text) = text {
+                                        let mut stream = VecDeque::new();
+                                        stream.push_back(Value::string(s).tagged(Tag { anchor, span }));
+                                        let result = text.run(raw.with_input(stream.into()), &context.commands);
+                                        result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
+                                    } else {
+                                        println!("{}", s);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                Tagged {
+                                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)),
+                                    ..
+                                } => {
+                                    println!("{}", s);
+                                }
+
+                                Tagged { item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(ref b)), .. } => {
+                                    if let Some(binary) = binary {
+                                        let mut stream = VecDeque::new();
+                                        stream.push_back(x.clone());
+                                        let result = binary.run(raw.with_input(stream.into()), &context.commands);
+                                        result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
+                                    } else {
+                                        use pretty_hex::*;
+                                        println!("{:?}", b.hex_dump());
+                                    }
+                                }
+
+                                Tagged { item: Value::Error(e), .. } => {
+                                    yield Err(e);
+                                }
+                                Tagged { item: ref item, .. } => {
+                                    if let Some(table) = table {
+                                        let mut stream = VecDeque::new();
+                                        stream.push_back(x.clone());
+                                        let result = table.run(raw.with_input(stream.into()), &context.commands);
+                                        result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
+                                    } else {
+                                        println!("{:?}", item);
+                                    }
+                                }
                             }
-                            _ => {}
                         }
                     }
                 }
-            } else if is_single_text_value(&input) {
-                for i in input {
-                    match i.item {
-                        Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
-                            println!("{}", s);
-                        }
-                        _ => {}
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                let table = context.expect_command("table");
-                let result = table.run(raw.with_input(input), &context.commands, false);
-                result.collect::<Vec<_>>().await;
             }
+            _ => {
+                //println!("<no results>");
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Needed for async_stream to type check
+        if false {
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::nothing().tagged_unknown());
         }
     }))
 }
-
-fn is_single_text_value(input: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> bool {
-    if input.len() != 1 {
-        return false;
-    }
-    if let Tagged {
-        item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(_)),
-        ..
-    } = input[0]
-    {
-        true
-    } else {
-        false
-    }
-}
-
-fn is_single_origined_text_value(input: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> bool {
-    if input.len() != 1 {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    if let Tagged {
-        item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(_)),
-        tag: Tag { origin, .. },
-    } = input[0]
-    {
-        origin != uuid::Uuid::nil()
-    } else {
-        false
-    }
-}

src/commands/cd.rs

@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for CD {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("cd").optional("directory", SyntaxShape::Path)
+        Signature::build("cd").optional(
+            "directory",
+            SyntaxShape::Path,
+            "the directory to change to",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/classified.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-use crate::commands::Command;
 use crate::parser::{hir, TokenNode};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
+use derive_new::new;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
 use futures_codec::{Decoder, Encoder, Framed};
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use log::{log_enabled, trace};
+use std::fmt;
 use std::io::{Error, ErrorKind};
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use subprocess::Exec;
 
 /// A simple `Codec` implementation that splits up data into lines.
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ pub(crate) struct ClassifiedInputStream {
 impl ClassifiedInputStream {
     pub(crate) fn new() -> ClassifiedInputStream {
         ClassifiedInputStream {
-            objects: VecDeque::new().into(),
+            objects: vec![Value::nothing().tagged(Tag::unknown())].into(),
             stdin: None,
         }
     }
@@ -73,125 +74,212 @@ impl ClassifiedInputStream {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub(crate) struct ClassifiedPipeline {
-    pub(crate) commands: Vec<ClassifiedCommand>,
+    pub(crate) commands: Spanned<Vec<ClassifiedCommand>>,
 }
 
+impl FormatDebug for ClassifiedPipeline {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.say_str(
+            "classified pipeline",
+            self.commands.iter().map(|c| c.debug(source)).join(" | "),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for ClassifiedPipeline {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        self.commands.span
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) enum ClassifiedCommand {
     #[allow(unused)]
     Expr(TokenNode),
     Internal(InternalCommand),
+    #[allow(unused)]
+    Dynamic(Spanned<hir::Call>),
     External(ExternalCommand),
 }
 
+impl FormatDebug for ClassifiedCommand {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            ClassifiedCommand::Expr(expr) => expr.fmt_debug(f, source),
+            ClassifiedCommand::Internal(internal) => internal.fmt_debug(f, source),
+            ClassifiedCommand::Dynamic(dynamic) => dynamic.fmt_debug(f, source),
+            ClassifiedCommand::External(external) => external.fmt_debug(f, source),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for ClassifiedCommand {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        match self {
+            ClassifiedCommand::Expr(node) => node.span(),
+            ClassifiedCommand::Internal(command) => command.span(),
+            ClassifiedCommand::Dynamic(call) => call.span,
+            ClassifiedCommand::External(command) => command.span(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(new, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) struct InternalCommand {
-    pub(crate) command: Arc<Command>,
+    pub(crate) name: String,
     pub(crate) name_tag: Tag,
+    pub(crate) args: Spanned<hir::Call>,
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for InternalCommand {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        let start = self.name_tag.span;
+
+        start.until(self.args.span)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FormatDebug for InternalCommand {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.say("internal", self.args.debug(source))
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(new, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub(crate) struct DynamicCommand {
     pub(crate) args: hir::Call,
 }
 
 impl InternalCommand {
-    pub(crate) async fn run(
+    pub(crate) fn run(
         self,
         context: &mut Context,
         input: ClassifiedInputStream,
         source: Text,
-        is_first_command: bool,
     ) -> Result<InputStream, ShellError> {
         if log_enabled!(log::Level::Trace) {
             trace!(target: "nu::run::internal", "->");
-            trace!(target: "nu::run::internal", "{}", self.command.name());
+            trace!(target: "nu::run::internal", "{}", self.name);
             trace!(target: "nu::run::internal", "{}", self.args.debug(&source));
         }
 
         let objects: InputStream =
             trace_stream!(target: "nu::trace_stream::internal", "input" = input.objects);
 
-        let result = context.run_command(
-            self.command,
-            self.name_tag.clone(),
-            context.source_map.clone(),
-            self.args,
-            &source,
-            objects,
-            is_first_command,
-        );
+        let command = context.expect_command(&self.name);
+
+        let result = {
+            context.run_command(
+                command,
+                self.name_tag.clone(),
+                self.args.item,
+                &source,
+                objects,
+            )
+        };
 
         let result = trace_out_stream!(target: "nu::trace_stream::internal", source: &source, "output" = result);
         let mut result = result.values;
+        let mut context = context.clone();
 
-        let mut stream = VecDeque::new();
-        while let Some(item) = result.next().await {
-            match item? {
-                ReturnSuccess::Action(action) => match action {
-                    CommandAction::ChangePath(path) => {
-                        context.shell_manager.set_path(path);
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::AddSpanSource(uuid, span_source) => {
-                        context.add_span_source(uuid, span_source);
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::Exit => std::process::exit(0), // TODO: save history.txt
-                    CommandAction::EnterHelpShell(value) => {
-                        match value {
-                            Tagged {
-                                item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(cmd)),
-                                tag,
-                            } => {
-                                context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
-                                    HelpShell::for_command(
-                                        Value::string(cmd).tagged(tag),
-                                        &context.registry(),
-                                    )?,
-                                ));
-                            }
-                            _ => {
-                                context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
-                                    HelpShell::index(&context.registry())?,
-                                ));
+        let stream = async_stream! {
+            while let Some(item) = result.next().await {
+                match item {
+                    Ok(ReturnSuccess::Action(action)) => match action {
+                        CommandAction::ChangePath(path) => {
+                            context.shell_manager.set_path(path);
+                        }
+                        CommandAction::Exit => std::process::exit(0), // TODO: save history.txt
+                        CommandAction::EnterHelpShell(value) => {
+                            match value {
+                                Tagged {
+                                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(cmd)),
+                                    tag,
+                                } => {
+                                    context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
+                                        HelpShell::for_command(
+                                            Value::string(cmd).tagged(tag),
+                                            &context.registry(),
+                                        ).unwrap(),
+                                    ));
+                                }
+                                _ => {
+                                    context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
+                                        HelpShell::index(&context.registry()).unwrap(),
+                                    ));
+                                }
                             }
                         }
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::EnterValueShell(value) => {
-                        context
-                            .shell_manager
-                            .insert_at_current(Box::new(ValueShell::new(value)));
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::EnterShell(location) => {
-                        context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
-                            FilesystemShell::with_location(location, context.registry().clone())?,
-                        ));
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::PreviousShell => {
-                        context.shell_manager.prev();
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::NextShell => {
-                        context.shell_manager.next();
-                    }
-                    CommandAction::LeaveShell => {
-                        context.shell_manager.remove_at_current();
-                        if context.shell_manager.is_empty() {
-                            std::process::exit(0); // TODO: save history.txt
+                        CommandAction::EnterValueShell(value) => {
+                            context
+                                .shell_manager
+                                .insert_at_current(Box::new(ValueShell::new(value)));
                         }
-                    }
-                },
+                        CommandAction::EnterShell(location) => {
+                            context.shell_manager.insert_at_current(Box::new(
+                                FilesystemShell::with_location(location, context.registry().clone()).unwrap(),
+                            ));
+                        }
+                        CommandAction::PreviousShell => {
+                            context.shell_manager.prev();
+                        }
+                        CommandAction::NextShell => {
+                            context.shell_manager.next();
+                        }
+                        CommandAction::LeaveShell => {
+                            context.shell_manager.remove_at_current();
+                            if context.shell_manager.is_empty() {
+                                std::process::exit(0); // TODO: save history.txt
+                            }
+                        }
+                    },
 
-                ReturnSuccess::Value(v) => {
-                    stream.push_back(v);
+                    Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(v)) => {
+                        yield Ok(v);
+                    }
+
+                    Err(x) => {
+                        yield Ok(Value::Error(x).tagged_unknown());
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
-        }
+        };
 
-        Ok(stream.into())
+        Ok(stream.to_input_stream())
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub(crate) struct ExternalCommand {
     pub(crate) name: String,
 
     pub(crate) name_tag: Tag,
-    pub(crate) args: Vec<Tagged<String>>,
+    pub(crate) args: Spanned<Vec<Tagged<String>>>,
 }
 
+impl FormatDebug for ExternalCommand {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.name)?;
+
+        if self.args.item.len() > 0 {
+            write!(f, " ")?;
+            write!(f, "{}", self.args.iter().map(|i| i.debug(source)).join(" "))?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl HasSpan for ExternalCommand {
+    fn span(&self) -> Span {
+        self.name_tag.span.until(self.args.span)
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) enum StreamNext {
     Last,
     External,
@@ -207,58 +295,57 @@ impl ExternalCommand {
     ) -> Result<ClassifiedInputStream, ShellError> {
         let stdin = input.stdin;
         let inputs: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.objects.into_vec().await;
-        let name_tag = self.name_tag.clone();
 
         trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "-> {}", self.name);
         trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "inputs = {:?}", inputs);
 
         let mut arg_string = format!("{}", self.name);
-        for arg in &self.args {
+        for arg in &self.args.item {
             arg_string.push_str(&arg);
         }
 
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "command = {:?}", self.name);
+
         let mut process;
-
-        process = Exec::cmd(&self.name);
-
         if arg_string.contains("$it") {
-            let mut first = true;
-
-            for i in &inputs {
-                if i.as_string().is_err() {
-                    let mut tag = None;
-                    for arg in &self.args {
-                        if arg.item.contains("$it") {
-                            tag = Some(arg.tag());
+            let input_strings = inputs
+                .iter()
+                .map(|i| {
+                    i.as_string().map_err(|_| {
+                        let arg = self.args.iter().find(|arg| arg.item.contains("$it"));
+                        if let Some(arg) = arg {
+                            ShellError::labeled_error(
+                                "External $it needs string data",
+                                "given row instead of string data",
+                                arg.tag(),
+                            )
+                        } else {
+                            ShellError::labeled_error(
+                                "$it needs string data",
+                                "given something else",
+                                self.name_tag.clone(),
+                            )
                         }
-                    }
-                    if let Some(tag) = tag {
-                        return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                            "External $it needs string data",
-                            "given row instead of string data",
-                            tag,
-                        ));
-                    } else {
-                        return Err(ShellError::string("Error: $it needs string data"));
-                    }
-                }
-                if !first {
-                    process = process.arg("&&");
-                    process = process.arg(&self.name);
-                } else {
-                    first = false;
-                }
+                    })
+                })
+                .collect::<Result<Vec<String>, ShellError>>()?;
 
-                for arg in &self.args {
+            let commands = input_strings.iter().map(|i| {
+                let args = self.args.iter().filter_map(|arg| {
                     if arg.chars().all(|c| c.is_whitespace()) {
-                        continue;
+                        None
+                    } else {
+                        Some(arg.replace("$it", &i))
                     }
+                });
 
-                    process = process.arg(&arg.replace("$it", &i.as_string()?));
-                }
-            }
+                format!("{} {}", self.name, itertools::join(args, " "))
+            });
+
+            process = Exec::shell(itertools::join(commands, " && "))
         } else {
-            for arg in &self.args {
+            process = Exec::cmd(&self.name);
+            for arg in &self.args.item {
                 let arg_chars: Vec<_> = arg.chars().collect();
                 if arg_chars.len() > 1
                     && arg_chars[0] == '"'
@@ -275,6 +362,8 @@ impl ExternalCommand {
 
         process = process.cwd(context.shell_manager.path());
 
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "cwd = {:?}", context.shell_manager.path());
+
         let mut process = match stream_next {
             StreamNext::Last => process,
             StreamNext::External | StreamNext::Internal => {
@@ -282,44 +371,60 @@ impl ExternalCommand {
             }
         };
 
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "set up stdout pipe");
+
         if let Some(stdin) = stdin {
             process = process.stdin(stdin);
         }
 
-        let mut popen = process.popen()?;
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "set up stdin pipe");
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "built process {:?}", process);
 
-        match stream_next {
-            StreamNext::Last => {
-                let _ = popen.detach();
-                loop {
-                    match popen.poll() {
-                        None => {
-                            let _ = std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(0, 100000000));
-                        }
-                        _ => {
-                            let _ = popen.terminate();
-                            break;
+        let popen = process.popen();
+
+        trace!(target: "nu::run::external", "next = {:?}", stream_next);
+
+        let name_tag = self.name_tag.clone();
+        if let Ok(mut popen) = popen {
+            match stream_next {
+                StreamNext::Last => {
+                    let _ = popen.detach();
+                    loop {
+                        match popen.poll() {
+                            None => {
+                                let _ = std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::new(0, 100000000));
+                            }
+                            _ => {
+                                let _ = popen.terminate();
+                                break;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::new())
+                }
+                StreamNext::External => {
+                    let _ = popen.detach();
+                    let stdout = popen.stdout.take().unwrap();
+                    Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::from_stdout(stdout))
+                }
+                StreamNext::Internal => {
+                    let _ = popen.detach();
+                    let stdout = popen.stdout.take().unwrap();
+                    let file = futures::io::AllowStdIo::new(stdout);
+                    let stream = Framed::new(file, LinesCodec {});
+                    let stream =
+                        stream.map(move |line| Value::string(line.unwrap()).tagged(&name_tag));
+                    Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::from_input_stream(
+                        stream.boxed() as BoxStream<'static, Tagged<Value>>
+                    ))
                 }
-                println!("");
-                Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::new())
-            }
-            StreamNext::External => {
-                let _ = popen.detach();
-                let stdout = popen.stdout.take().unwrap();
-                Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::from_stdout(stdout))
-            }
-            StreamNext::Internal => {
-                let _ = popen.detach();
-                let stdout = popen.stdout.take().unwrap();
-                let file = futures::io::AllowStdIo::new(stdout);
-                let stream = Framed::new(file, LinesCodec {});
-                let stream = stream.map(move |line| Value::string(line.unwrap()).tagged(name_tag));
-                Ok(ClassifiedInputStream::from_input_stream(
-                    stream.boxed() as BoxStream<'static, Tagged<Value>>
-                ))
             }
+        } else {
+            return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                "Command not found",
+                "command not found",
+                name_tag,
+            ));
         }
     }
 }

src/commands/clip.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pub mod clipboard {
     use crate::errors::ShellError;
     use crate::prelude::*;
     use futures::stream::StreamExt;
-    use futures_async_stream::async_stream_block;
 
     use clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 
@@ -40,10 +39,13 @@ pub mod clipboard {
         ClipArgs {}: ClipArgs,
         RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
     ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-        let stream = async_stream_block! {
+        let stream = async_stream! {
             let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
-            inner_clip(values, name).await;
+            let mut clip_stream = inner_clip(values, name).await;
+            while let Some(value) = clip_stream.next().await {
+                yield value;
+            }
         };
 
         let stream: BoxStream<'static, ReturnValue> = stream.boxed();

src/commands/command.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use crate::context::{SourceMap, SpanSource};
 use crate::data::Value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::evaluate::Scope;
@@ -11,18 +10,17 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use uuid::Uuid;
+use std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct UnevaluatedCallInfo {
     pub args: hir::Call,
     pub source: Text,
-    pub source_map: SourceMap,
     pub name_tag: Tag,
 }
 
-impl ToDebug for UnevaluatedCallInfo {
-    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+impl FormatDebug for UnevaluatedCallInfo {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
         self.args.fmt_debug(f, source)
     }
 }
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ impl UnevaluatedCallInfo {
 
         Ok(CallInfo {
             args,
-            source_map: self.source_map,
             name_tag: self.name_tag,
         })
     }
@@ -46,7 +43,6 @@ impl UnevaluatedCallInfo {
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct CallInfo {
     pub args: registry::EvaluatedArgs,
-    pub source_map: SourceMap,
     pub name_tag: Tag,
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ impl CallInfo {
             args: T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?,
             context: RunnablePerItemContext {
                 shell_manager: shell_manager.clone(),
-                name: self.name_tag,
+                name: self.name_tag.clone(),
             },
             callback,
         })
@@ -73,6 +69,7 @@ impl CallInfo {
 #[get = "pub(crate)"]
 pub struct CommandArgs {
     pub host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+    pub ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     pub shell_manager: ShellManager,
     pub call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo,
     pub input: InputStream,
@@ -82,6 +79,7 @@ pub struct CommandArgs {
 #[get = "pub(crate)"]
 pub struct RawCommandArgs {
     pub host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+    pub ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     pub shell_manager: ShellManager,
     pub call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo,
 }
@@ -90,6 +88,7 @@ impl RawCommandArgs {
     pub fn with_input(self, input: Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> CommandArgs {
         CommandArgs {
             host: self.host,
+            ctrl_c: self.ctrl_c,
             shell_manager: self.shell_manager,
             call_info: self.call_info,
             input: input.into(),
@@ -97,8 +96,14 @@ impl RawCommandArgs {
     }
 }
 
-impl ToDebug for CommandArgs {
-    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+impl std::fmt::Debug for CommandArgs {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        self.call_info.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FormatDebug for CommandArgs {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
         self.call_info.fmt_debug(f, source)
     }
 }
@@ -109,12 +114,14 @@ impl CommandArgs {
         registry: &registry::CommandRegistry,
     ) -> Result<EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs, ShellError> {
         let host = self.host.clone();
+        let ctrl_c = self.ctrl_c.clone();
         let shell_manager = self.shell_manager.clone();
         let input = self.input;
         let call_info = self.call_info.evaluate(registry, &Scope::empty())?;
 
         Ok(EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs::new(
             host,
+            ctrl_c,
             shell_manager,
             call_info,
             input,
@@ -127,12 +134,13 @@ impl CommandArgs {
         callback: fn(T, RunnableContext) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError>,
     ) -> Result<RunnableArgs<T>, ShellError> {
         let shell_manager = self.shell_manager.clone();
-        let source_map = self.call_info.source_map.clone();
         let host = self.host.clone();
+        let ctrl_c = self.ctrl_c.clone();
         let args = self.evaluate_once(registry)?;
+        let call_info = args.call_info.clone();
         let (input, args) = args.split();
         let name_tag = args.call_info.name_tag;
-        let mut deserializer = ConfigDeserializer::from_call_info(args.call_info);
+        let mut deserializer = ConfigDeserializer::from_call_info(call_info);
 
         Ok(RunnableArgs {
             args: T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?,
@@ -141,8 +149,8 @@ impl CommandArgs {
                 commands: registry.clone(),
                 shell_manager,
                 name: name_tag,
-                source_map,
                 host,
+                ctrl_c,
             },
             callback,
         })
@@ -155,17 +163,20 @@ impl CommandArgs {
     ) -> Result<RunnableRawArgs<T>, ShellError> {
         let raw_args = RawCommandArgs {
             host: self.host.clone(),
+            ctrl_c: self.ctrl_c.clone(),
             shell_manager: self.shell_manager.clone(),
             call_info: self.call_info.clone(),
         };
 
         let shell_manager = self.shell_manager.clone();
-        let source_map = self.call_info.source_map.clone();
         let host = self.host.clone();
+        let ctrl_c = self.ctrl_c.clone();
         let args = self.evaluate_once(registry)?;
+        let call_info = args.call_info.clone();
+
         let (input, args) = args.split();
         let name_tag = args.call_info.name_tag;
-        let mut deserializer = ConfigDeserializer::from_call_info(args.call_info);
+        let mut deserializer = ConfigDeserializer::from_call_info(call_info.clone());
 
         Ok(RunnableRawArgs {
             args: T::deserialize(&mut deserializer)?,
@@ -174,8 +185,8 @@ impl CommandArgs {
                 commands: registry.clone(),
                 shell_manager,
                 name: name_tag,
-                source_map,
                 host,
+                ctrl_c,
             },
             raw_args,
             callback,
@@ -198,18 +209,12 @@ pub struct RunnableContext {
     pub input: InputStream,
     pub shell_manager: ShellManager,
     pub host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+    pub ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     pub commands: CommandRegistry,
-    pub source_map: SourceMap,
     pub name: Tag,
 }
 
 impl RunnableContext {
-    pub fn expect_command(&self, name: &str) -> Arc<Command> {
-        self.commands
-            .get_command(name)
-            .expect(&format!("Expected command {}", name))
-    }
-
     pub fn get_command(&self, name: &str) -> Option<Arc<Command>> {
         self.commands.get_command(name)
     }
@@ -270,6 +275,7 @@ impl Deref for EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs {
 impl EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs {
     pub fn new(
         host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+        ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
         shell_manager: ShellManager,
         call_info: CallInfo,
         input: impl Into<InputStream>,
@@ -277,6 +283,7 @@ impl EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs {
         EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs {
             args: EvaluatedCommandArgs {
                 host,
+                ctrl_c,
                 shell_manager,
                 call_info,
             },
@@ -285,7 +292,7 @@ impl EvaluatedWholeStreamCommandArgs {
     }
 
     pub fn name_tag(&self) -> Tag {
-        self.args.call_info.name_tag
+        self.args.call_info.name_tag.clone()
     }
 
     pub fn parts(self) -> (InputStream, registry::EvaluatedArgs) {
@@ -317,12 +324,14 @@ impl Deref for EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs {
 impl EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs {
     pub fn new(
         host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+        ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
         shell_manager: ShellManager,
         call_info: CallInfo,
     ) -> EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs {
         EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs {
             args: EvaluatedCommandArgs {
                 host,
+                ctrl_c,
                 shell_manager,
                 call_info,
             },
@@ -334,6 +343,7 @@ impl EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs {
 #[get = "pub(crate)"]
 pub struct EvaluatedCommandArgs {
     pub host: Arc<Mutex<dyn Host>>,
+    pub ctrl_c: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     pub shell_manager: ShellManager,
     pub call_info: CallInfo,
 }
@@ -373,10 +383,9 @@ impl EvaluatedCommandArgs {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum CommandAction {
     ChangePath(String),
-    AddSpanSource(Uuid, SpanSource),
     Exit,
     EnterShell(String),
     EnterValueShell(Tagged<Value>),
@@ -386,13 +395,10 @@ pub enum CommandAction {
     LeaveShell,
 }
 
-impl ToDebug for CommandAction {
-    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter, _source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+impl FormatDebug for CommandAction {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, _source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             CommandAction::ChangePath(s) => write!(f, "action:change-path={}", s),
-            CommandAction::AddSpanSource(u, source) => {
-                write!(f, "action:add-span-source={}@{:?}", u, source)
-            }
             CommandAction::Exit => write!(f, "action:exit"),
             CommandAction::EnterShell(s) => write!(f, "action:enter-shell={}", s),
             CommandAction::EnterValueShell(t) => {
@@ -408,7 +414,7 @@ impl ToDebug for CommandAction {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum ReturnSuccess {
     Value(Tagged<Value>),
     Action(CommandAction),
@@ -416,8 +422,8 @@ pub enum ReturnSuccess {
 
 pub type ReturnValue = Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>;
 
-impl ToDebug for ReturnValue {
-    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
+impl FormatDebug for ReturnValue {
+    fn fmt_debug(&self, f: &mut DebugFormatter, source: &str) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Err(err) => write!(f, "{}", err.debug(source)),
             Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(v)) => write!(f, "{:?}", v.debug()),
@@ -507,6 +513,15 @@ pub enum Command {
     PerItem(Arc<dyn PerItemCommand>),
 }
 
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Command {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Command::WholeStream(command) => write!(f, "WholeStream({})", command.name()),
+            Command::PerItem(command) => write!(f, "PerItem({})", command.name()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Command {
     pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
         match self {
@@ -529,20 +544,13 @@ impl Command {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn run(
-        &self,
-        args: CommandArgs,
-        registry: &registry::CommandRegistry,
-        is_first_command: bool,
-    ) -> OutputStream {
+    pub fn run(&self, args: CommandArgs, registry: &registry::CommandRegistry) -> OutputStream {
         match self {
             Command::WholeStream(command) => match command.run(args, registry) {
                 Ok(stream) => stream,
                 Err(err) => OutputStream::one(Err(err)),
             },
-            Command::PerItem(command) => {
-                self.run_helper(command.clone(), args, registry.clone(), is_first_command)
-            }
+            Command::PerItem(command) => self.run_helper(command.clone(), args, registry.clone()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -551,48 +559,31 @@ impl Command {
         command: Arc<dyn PerItemCommand>,
         args: CommandArgs,
         registry: CommandRegistry,
-        is_first_command: bool,
     ) -> OutputStream {
         let raw_args = RawCommandArgs {
             host: args.host,
+            ctrl_c: args.ctrl_c,
             shell_manager: args.shell_manager,
             call_info: args.call_info,
         };
 
-        if !is_first_command {
-            let out = args
-                .input
-                .values
-                .map(move |x| {
-                    let call_info = raw_args
-                        .clone()
-                        .call_info
-                        .evaluate(&registry, &Scope::it_value(x.clone()))
-                        .unwrap();
-                    match command.run(&call_info, &registry, &raw_args, x) {
-                        Ok(o) => o,
-                        Err(e) => VecDeque::from(vec![ReturnValue::Err(e)]).to_output_stream(),
-                    }
-                })
-                .flatten();
+        let out = args
+            .input
+            .values
+            .map(move |x| {
+                let call_info = raw_args
+                    .clone()
+                    .call_info
+                    .evaluate(&registry, &Scope::it_value(x.clone()))
+                    .unwrap();
+                match command.run(&call_info, &registry, &raw_args, x) {
+                    Ok(o) => o,
+                    Err(e) => VecDeque::from(vec![ReturnValue::Err(e)]).to_output_stream(),
+                }
+            })
+            .flatten();
 
-            out.to_output_stream()
-        } else {
-            let nothing = Value::nothing().tagged(Tag::unknown());
-            let call_info = raw_args
-                .clone()
-                .call_info
-                .evaluate(&registry, &Scope::it_value(nothing.clone()))
-                .unwrap();
-
-            match command
-                .run(&call_info, &registry, &raw_args, nothing)
-                .into()
-            {
-                Ok(o) => o,
-                Err(e) => OutputStream::one(Err(e)),
-            }
-        }
+        out.to_output_stream()
     }
 
     pub fn is_binary(&self) -> bool {
@@ -624,6 +615,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FnFilterCommand {
     ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
         let CommandArgs {
             host,
+            ctrl_c,
             shell_manager,
             call_info,
             input,
@@ -641,8 +633,12 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FnFilterCommand {
                 Ok(args) => args,
             };
 
-            let args =
-                EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs::new(host.clone(), shell_manager.clone(), call_info);
+            let args = EvaluatedFilterCommandArgs::new(
+                host.clone(),
+                ctrl_c.clone(),
+                shell_manager.clone(),
+                call_info,
+            );
 
             match func(args) {
                 Err(err) => return OutputStream::from(vec![Err(err)]).values,

src/commands/config.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::parser::hir::SyntaxShape;
 use crate::parser::registry::{self};
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 pub struct Config;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct Config;
 pub struct ConfigArgs {
     load: Option<Tagged<PathBuf>>,
     set: Option<(Tagged<String>, Tagged<Value>)>,
+    set_into: Option<Tagged<String>>,
     get: Option<Tagged<String>>,
     clear: Tagged<bool>,
     remove: Option<Tagged<String>>,
@@ -26,12 +26,25 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Config {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("config")
-            .named("load", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .named("set", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .named("get", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .named("remove", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .switch("clear")
-            .switch("path")
+            .named(
+                "load",
+                SyntaxShape::Path,
+                "load the config from the path give",
+            )
+            .named(
+                "set",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "set a value in the config, eg) --set [key value]",
+            )
+            .named(
+                "set_into",
+                SyntaxShape::Member,
+                "sets a variable from values in the pipeline",
+            )
+            .named("get", SyntaxShape::Any, "get a value from the config")
+            .named("remove", SyntaxShape::Any, "remove a value from the config")
+            .switch("clear", "clear the config")
+            .switch("path", "return the path to the config file")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -51,84 +64,110 @@ pub fn config(
     ConfigArgs {
         load,
         set,
+        set_into,
         get,
         clear,
         remove,
         path,
     }: ConfigArgs,
-    RunnableContext { name, .. }: RunnableContext,
+    RunnableContext { name, input, .. }: RunnableContext,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    let name_span = name;
+    let name_span = name.clone();
 
-    let configuration = if let Some(supplied) = load {
-        Some(supplied.item().clone())
-    } else {
-        None
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let configuration = if let Some(supplied) = load {
+            Some(supplied.item().clone())
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+
+        let mut result = crate::data::config::read(name_span, &configuration)?;
+
+        if let Some(v) = get {
+            let key = v.to_string();
+            let value = result
+                .get(&key)
+                .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::labeled_error("Missing key in config", "key", v.tag()))?;
+
+            match value {
+                Tagged {
+                    item: Value::Table(list),
+                    ..
+                } => {
+                    for l in list {
+                        yield ReturnSuccess::value(l.clone());
+                    }
+                }
+                x => yield ReturnSuccess::value(x.clone()),
+            }
+        }
+        else if let Some((key, value)) = set {
+            result.insert(key.to_string(), value.clone());
+
+            config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
+
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(value.tag()));
+        }
+        else if let Some(v) = set_into {
+            let rows: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
+            let key = v.to_string();
+
+            if rows.len() == 0 {
+                yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error("No values given for set_into", "needs value(s) from pipeline", v.tag()));
+            } else if rows.len() == 1 {
+                // A single value
+                let value = &rows[0];
+
+                result.insert(key.to_string(), value.clone());
+
+                config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
+
+                yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(name));
+            } else {
+                // Take in the pipeline as a table
+                let value = Value::Table(rows).tagged(name.clone());
+
+                result.insert(key.to_string(), value.clone());
+
+                config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
+
+                yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(name));
+            }
+        }
+        else if let Tagged { item: true, tag } = clear {
+            result.clear();
+
+            config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
+
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(tag));
+
+            return;
+        }
+        else if let Tagged { item: true, tag } = path {
+            let path = config::default_path_for(&configuration)?;
+
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Primitive(Primitive::Path(path)).tagged(tag));
+        }
+        else if let Some(v) = remove {
+            let key = v.to_string();
+
+            if result.contains_key(&key) {
+                result.swap_remove(&key);
+                config::write(&result, &configuration).unwrap();
+            } else {
+                yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    "Key does not exist in config",
+                    "key",
+                    v.tag(),
+                ));
+            }
+
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(v.tag()));
+        }
+        else {
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(name));
+        }
     };
 
-    let mut result = crate::data::config::read(name_span, &configuration)?;
-
-    if let Some(v) = get {
-        let key = v.to_string();
-        let value = result
-            .get(&key)
-            .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::string(&format!("Missing key {} in config", key)))?;
-
-        let mut results = VecDeque::new();
-
-        match value {
-            Tagged {
-                item: Value::Table(list),
-                ..
-            } => {
-                for l in list {
-                    results.push_back(ReturnSuccess::value(l.clone()));
-                }
-            }
-            x => results.push_back(ReturnSuccess::value(x.clone())),
-        }
-
-        return Ok(results.to_output_stream());
-    }
-
-    if let Some((key, value)) = set {
-        result.insert(key.to_string(), value.clone());
-
-        config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
-
-        return Ok(stream![Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(value.tag())].from_input_stream());
-    }
-
-    if let Tagged { item: true, tag } = clear {
-        result.clear();
-
-        config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
-
-        return Ok(stream![Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(tag)].from_input_stream());
-    }
-
-    if let Tagged { item: true, tag } = path {
-        let path = config::default_path_for(&configuration)?;
-
-        return Ok(stream![Value::Primitive(Primitive::Path(path)).tagged(tag)].from_input_stream());
-    }
-
-    if let Some(v) = remove {
-        let key = v.to_string();
-
-        if result.contains_key(&key) {
-            result.swap_remove(&key);
-            config::write(&result, &configuration)?;
-        } else {
-            return Err(ShellError::string(&format!(
-                "{} does not exist in config",
-                key
-            )));
-        }
-
-        let obj = VecDeque::from_iter(vec![Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(v.tag())]);
-        return Ok(obj.from_input_stream());
-    }
-
-    return Ok(vec![Value::Row(result.into()).tagged(name)].into());
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
 }

src/commands/count.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::data::Value;
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::CommandRegistry;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+
+pub struct Count;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct CountArgs {}
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for Count {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "count"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("count")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Show the total number of rows."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, count)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn count(
+    CountArgs {}: CountArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let rows: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
+
+        yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::int(rows.len()).tagged(name))
+    };
+
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+}

src/commands/cp.rs

@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Cpy {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("cp")
-            .required("src", SyntaxShape::Pattern)
-            .required("dst", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .named("file", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .switch("recursive")
+            .required("src", SyntaxShape::Pattern, "the place to copy from")
+            .required("dst", SyntaxShape::Path, "the place to copy to")
+            .switch("recursive", "copy recursively through subdirectories")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/date.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Date {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("date").switch("utc").switch("local")
+        Signature::build("date")
+            .switch("utc", "use universal time (UTC)")
+            .switch("local", "use the local time")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -39,27 +41,27 @@ where
 {
     let mut indexmap = IndexMap::new();
 
-    indexmap.insert("year".to_string(), Value::int(dt.year()).tagged(tag));
-    indexmap.insert("month".to_string(), Value::int(dt.month()).tagged(tag));
-    indexmap.insert("day".to_string(), Value::int(dt.day()).tagged(tag));
-    indexmap.insert("hour".to_string(), Value::int(dt.hour()).tagged(tag));
-    indexmap.insert("minute".to_string(), Value::int(dt.minute()).tagged(tag));
-    indexmap.insert("second".to_string(), Value::int(dt.second()).tagged(tag));
+    indexmap.insert("year".to_string(), Value::int(dt.year()).tagged(&tag));
+    indexmap.insert("month".to_string(), Value::int(dt.month()).tagged(&tag));
+    indexmap.insert("day".to_string(), Value::int(dt.day()).tagged(&tag));
+    indexmap.insert("hour".to_string(), Value::int(dt.hour()).tagged(&tag));
+    indexmap.insert("minute".to_string(), Value::int(dt.minute()).tagged(&tag));
+    indexmap.insert("second".to_string(), Value::int(dt.second()).tagged(&tag));
 
     let tz = dt.offset();
     indexmap.insert(
         "timezone".to_string(),
-        Value::string(format!("{}", tz)).tagged(tag),
+        Value::string(format!("{}", tz)).tagged(&tag),
     );
 
-    Value::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).tagged(tag)
+    Value::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).tagged(&tag)
 }
 
 pub fn date(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let args = args.evaluate_once(registry)?;
 
     let mut date_out = VecDeque::new();
-    let tag = args.call_info.name_tag;
+    let tag = args.call_info.name_tag.clone();
 
     let value = if args.has("utc") {
         let utc: DateTime<Utc> = Utc::now();

src/commands/echo.rs

@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Echo {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("echo").rest(SyntaxShape::Any)
+        Signature::build("echo").rest(SyntaxShape::Any, "the values to echo")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
-        "Echo the argments back to the user."
+        "Echo the arguments back to the user."
     }
 
     fn run(
@@ -35,38 +35,34 @@ fn run(
     _registry: &CommandRegistry,
     _raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    let name = call_info.name_tag;
-
-    let mut output = String::new();
-
-    let mut first = true;
+    let mut output = vec![];
 
     if let Some(ref positional) = call_info.args.positional {
         for i in positional {
             match i.as_string() {
                 Ok(s) => {
-                    if !first {
-                        output.push_str(" ");
-                    } else {
-                        first = false;
+                    output.push(Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(
+                        Value::string(s).tagged(i.tag.clone()),
+                    )));
+                }
+                _ => match i {
+                    Tagged {
+                        item: Value::Table(table),
+                        ..
+                    } => {
+                        for item in table {
+                            output.push(Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(item.clone())));
+                        }
                     }
-
-                    output.push_str(&s);
-                }
-                _ => {
-                    return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                        "Expect a string from pipeline",
-                        "not a string-compatible value",
-                        i.tag(),
-                    ));
-                }
+                    _ => {
+                        output.push(Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(i.clone())));
+                    }
+                },
             }
         }
     }
 
-    let stream = VecDeque::from(vec![Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(
-        Value::string(output).tagged(name),
-    ))]);
+    let stream = VecDeque::from(output);
 
     Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
 }

src/commands/enter.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::commands::command::CommandAction;
 use crate::commands::PerItemCommand;
 use crate::commands::UnevaluatedCallInfo;
-use crate::data::meta::Span;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::parser::registry;
 use crate::prelude::*;
@@ -15,7 +14,11 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> registry::Signature {
-        Signature::build("enter").required("location", SyntaxShape::Block)
+        Signature::build("enter").required(
+            "location",
+            SyntaxShape::Path,
+            "the location to create a new shell from",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -33,14 +36,16 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
         let raw_args = raw_args.clone();
         match call_info.args.expect_nth(0)? {
             Tagged {
-                item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(location)),
+                item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::Path(location)),
+                tag,
                 ..
             } => {
-                let location = location.to_string();
-                let location_clone = location.to_string();
+                let location_string = location.display().to_string();
+                let location_clone = location_string.clone();
+                let tag_clone = tag.clone();
 
                 if location.starts_with("help") {
-                    let spec = location.split(":").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+                    let spec = location_string.split(":").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
 
                     let (_, command) = (spec[0], spec[1]);
 
@@ -61,32 +66,22 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
                     )))]
                     .into())
                 } else {
-                    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+                    let stream = async_stream! {
                         // If it's a file, attempt to open the file as a value and enter it
                         let cwd = raw_args.shell_manager.path();
 
                         let full_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(cwd);
 
-                        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag, span_source) =
+                        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag) =
                             crate::commands::open::fetch(
                                 &full_path,
                                 &location_clone,
-                                Span::unknown(),
-                            )
-                            .await.unwrap();
-
-                        if contents_tag.origin != uuid::Uuid::nil() {
-                            // If we have loaded something, track its source
-                            yield ReturnSuccess::action(CommandAction::AddSpanSource(
-                                contents_tag.origin,
-                                span_source,
-                            ));
-                        }
-
+                                tag_clone.span,
+                            ).await?;
 
                         match contents {
                             Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(_)) => {
-                                let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(contents_tag);
+                                let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(&contents_tag);
 
                                 if let Some(extension) = file_extension {
                                     let command_name = format!("from-{}", extension);
@@ -95,6 +90,7 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
                                     {
                                         let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
                                             host: raw_args.host,
+                                            ctrl_c: raw_args.ctrl_c,
                                             shell_manager: raw_args.shell_manager,
                                             call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
                                                 args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
@@ -103,14 +99,12 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
                                                     named: None,
                                                 },
                                                 source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                                                source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
                                                 name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
                                             },
                                         };
                                         let mut result = converter.run(
                                             new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]),
                                             &registry,
-                                            false
                                         );
                                         let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> =
                                             result.drain_vec().await;
@@ -123,7 +117,7 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Enter {
                                                     yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Action(CommandAction::EnterValueShell(
                                                         Tagged {
                                                             item,
-                                                            tag: contents_tag,
+                                                            tag: contents_tag.clone(),
                                                         })));
                                                 }
                                                 x => yield x,

src/commands/env.rs

@@ -37,22 +37,22 @@ pub fn get_environment(tag: Tag) -> Result<Tagged<Value>, Box<dyn std::error::Er
     let mut indexmap = IndexMap::new();
 
     let path = std::env::current_dir()?;
-    indexmap.insert("cwd".to_string(), Value::path(path).tagged(tag));
+    indexmap.insert("cwd".to_string(), Value::path(path).tagged(&tag));
 
     if let Some(home) = dirs::home_dir() {
-        indexmap.insert("home".to_string(), Value::path(home).tagged(tag));
+        indexmap.insert("home".to_string(), Value::path(home).tagged(&tag));
     }
 
     let config = config::default_path()?;
-    indexmap.insert("config".to_string(), Value::path(config).tagged(tag));
+    indexmap.insert("config".to_string(), Value::path(config).tagged(&tag));
 
     let history = History::path();
-    indexmap.insert("history".to_string(), Value::path(history).tagged(tag));
+    indexmap.insert("history".to_string(), Value::path(history).tagged(&tag));
 
     let temp = std::env::temp_dir();
-    indexmap.insert("temp".to_string(), Value::path(temp).tagged(tag));
+    indexmap.insert("temp".to_string(), Value::path(temp).tagged(&tag));
 
-    let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+    let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
     for v in std::env::vars() {
         dict.insert(v.0, Value::string(v.1));
     }
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ pub fn get_environment(tag: Tag) -> Result<Tagged<Value>, Box<dyn std::error::Er
         indexmap.insert("vars".to_string(), dict.into_tagged_value());
     }
 
-    Ok(Value::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).tagged(tag))
+    Ok(Value::Row(Dictionary::from(indexmap)).tagged(&tag))
 }
 
 pub fn env(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let args = args.evaluate_once(registry)?;
 
     let mut env_out = VecDeque::new();
-    let tag = args.call_info.name_tag;
+    let tag = args.call_info.name_tag.clone();
 
     let value = get_environment(tag)?;
     env_out.push_back(value);

src/commands/exit.rs

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Exit {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("exit").switch("now")
+        Signature::build("exit").switch("now", "exit out of the shell immediately")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/fetch.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::commands::UnevaluatedCallInfo;
-use crate::context::SpanSource;
+use crate::context::AnchorLocation;
 use crate::data::meta::Span;
 use crate::data::Value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use mime::Mime;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use surf::mime;
-use uuid::Uuid;
 pub struct Fetch;
 
 impl PerItemCommand for Fetch {
@@ -20,8 +19,12 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Fetch {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build(self.name())
-            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .switch("raw")
+            .required(
+                "path",
+                SyntaxShape::Path,
+                "the URL to fetch the contents from",
+            )
+            .switch("raw", "fetch contents as text rather than a table")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -44,21 +47,23 @@ fn run(
     registry: &CommandRegistry,
     raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    let path = match call_info
-        .args
-        .nth(0)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::string(&format!("No file or directory specified")))?
-    {
+    let path = match call_info.args.nth(0).ok_or_else(|| {
+        ShellError::labeled_error(
+            "No file or directory specified",
+            "for command",
+            &call_info.name_tag,
+        )
+    })? {
         file => file,
     };
     let path_buf = path.as_path()?;
     let path_str = path_buf.display().to_string();
-    let path_span = path.span();
+    let path_span = path.tag.span;
     let has_raw = call_info.args.has("raw");
     let registry = registry.clone();
     let raw_args = raw_args.clone();
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
 
         let result = fetch(&path_str, path_span).await;
 
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ fn run(
             yield Err(e);
             return;
         }
-        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag, span_source) = result.unwrap();
+        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag) = result.unwrap();
 
         let file_extension = if has_raw {
             None
@@ -76,21 +81,14 @@ fn run(
             file_extension.or(path_str.split('.').last().map(String::from))
         };
 
-        if contents_tag.origin != uuid::Uuid::nil() {
-            // If we have loaded something, track its source
-            yield ReturnSuccess::action(CommandAction::AddSpanSource(
-                contents_tag.origin,
-                span_source,
-            ));
-        }
-
-        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(contents_tag);
+        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(&contents_tag);
 
         if let Some(extension) = file_extension {
             let command_name = format!("from-{}", extension);
             if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command(&command_name) {
                 let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
                     host: raw_args.host,
+                    ctrl_c: raw_args.ctrl_c,
                     shell_manager: raw_args.shell_manager,
                     call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
                         args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
@@ -99,11 +97,10 @@ fn run(
                             named: None
                         },
                         source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                        source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
                         name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
                     }
                 };
-                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry, false);
+                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry);
                 let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> = result.drain_vec().await;
                 for res in result_vec {
                     match res {
@@ -113,7 +110,7 @@ fn run(
                             }
                         }
                         Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, .. })) => {
-                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag }));
+                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag.clone() }));
                         }
                         x => yield x,
                     }
@@ -129,10 +126,7 @@ fn run(
     Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
 }
 
-pub async fn fetch(
-    location: &str,
-    span: Span,
-) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag, SpanSource), ShellError> {
+pub async fn fetch(location: &str, span: Span) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag), ShellError> {
     if let Err(_) = url::Url::parse(location) {
         return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
             "Incomplete or incorrect url",
@@ -158,9 +152,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                         })?),
                         Tag {
                             span,
-                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                         },
-                        SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                     )),
                     (mime::APPLICATION, mime::JSON) => Ok((
                         Some("json".to_string()),
@@ -173,9 +166,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                         })?),
                         Tag {
                             span,
-                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                         },
-                        SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                     )),
                     (mime::APPLICATION, mime::OCTET_STREAM) => {
                         let buf: Vec<u8> = r.body_bytes().await.map_err(|_| {
@@ -190,9 +182,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                             Value::binary(buf),
                             Tag {
                                 span,
-                                origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                             },
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                         ))
                     }
                     (mime::IMAGE, mime::SVG) => Ok((
@@ -206,9 +197,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                         })?),
                         Tag {
                             span,
-                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                         },
-                        SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                     )),
                     (mime::IMAGE, image_ty) => {
                         let buf: Vec<u8> = r.body_bytes().await.map_err(|_| {
@@ -223,9 +213,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                             Value::binary(buf),
                             Tag {
                                 span,
-                                origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                             },
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                         ))
                     }
                     (mime::TEXT, mime::HTML) => Ok((
@@ -239,9 +228,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                         })?),
                         Tag {
                             span,
-                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                         },
-                        SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                     )),
                     (mime::TEXT, mime::PLAIN) => {
                         let path_extension = url::Url::parse(location)
@@ -266,9 +254,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                             })?),
                             Tag {
                                 span,
-                                origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                             },
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                         ))
                     }
                     (ty, sub_ty) => Ok((
@@ -276,9 +263,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                         Value::string(format!("Not yet supported MIME type: {} {}", ty, sub_ty)),
                         Tag {
                             span,
-                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                         },
-                        SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
                     )),
                 }
             }
@@ -287,9 +273,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                 Value::string(format!("No content type found")),
                 Tag {
                     span,
-                    origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                    anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
                 },
-                SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
             )),
         },
         Err(_) => {

src/commands/first.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub struct First;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct FirstArgs {
-    amount: Tagged<u64>,
+    rows: Option<Tagged<u64>>,
 }
 
 impl WholeStreamCommand for First {
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for First {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("first").required("amount", SyntaxShape::Literal)
+        Signature::build("first").optional(
+            "rows",
+            SyntaxShape::Int,
+            "starting from the front, the number of rows to return",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -33,8 +37,16 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for First {
 }
 
 fn first(
-    FirstArgs { amount }: FirstArgs,
+    FirstArgs { rows }: FirstArgs,
     context: RunnableContext,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    Ok(OutputStream::from_input(context.input.values.take(*amount)))
+    let rows_desired = if let Some(quantity) = rows {
+        *quantity
+    } else {
+        1
+    };
+
+    Ok(OutputStream::from_input(
+        context.input.values.take(rows_desired),
+    ))
 }

src/commands/from_bson.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn bson_array(input: &Vec<Bson>, tag: Tag) -> Result<Vec<Tagged<Value>>, ShellEr
     let mut out = vec![];
 
     for value in input {
-        out.push(convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(value, tag)?);
+        out.push(convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(value, &tag)?);
     }
 
     Ok(out)
@@ -46,100 +46,100 @@ fn convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(
     let tag = tag.into();
 
     Ok(match v {
-        Bson::FloatingPoint(n) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::from(*n)).tagged(tag),
-        Bson::String(s) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(tag),
-        Bson::Array(a) => Value::Table(bson_array(a, tag)?).tagged(tag),
+        Bson::FloatingPoint(n) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::from(*n)).tagged(&tag),
+        Bson::String(s) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(&tag),
+        Bson::Array(a) => Value::Table(bson_array(a, tag.clone())?).tagged(&tag),
         Bson::Document(doc) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             for (k, v) in doc.iter() {
-                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(v, tag)?);
+                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(v, &tag)?);
             }
 
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
-        Bson::Boolean(b) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Boolean(*b)).tagged(tag),
-        Bson::Null => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Nothing).tagged(tag),
+        Bson::Boolean(b) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Boolean(*b)).tagged(&tag),
+        Bson::Null => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Nothing).tagged(&tag),
         Bson::RegExp(r, opts) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$regex".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(r))).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(r))).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$options".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(opts))).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(opts))).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
-        Bson::I32(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(tag),
-        Bson::I64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(tag),
+        Bson::I32(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(&tag),
+        Bson::I64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(&tag),
         Bson::Decimal128(n) => {
             // TODO: this really isn't great, and we should update this to do a higher
             // fidelity translation
             let decimal = BigDecimal::from_str(&format!("{}", n)).map_err(|_| {
                 ShellError::range_error(
                     ExpectedRange::BigDecimal,
-                    &n.tagged(tag),
+                    &n.tagged(&tag),
                     format!("converting BSON Decimal128 to BigDecimal"),
                 )
             })?;
-            Value::Primitive(Primitive::Decimal(decimal)).tagged(tag)
+            Value::Primitive(Primitive::Decimal(decimal)).tagged(&tag)
         }
         Bson::JavaScriptCode(js) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$javascript".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(js))).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(js))).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
         Bson::JavaScriptCodeWithScope(js, doc) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$javascript".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(js))).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(js))).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$scope".to_string(),
-                convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(&Bson::Document(doc.to_owned()), tag)?,
+                convert_bson_value_to_nu_value(&Bson::Document(doc.to_owned()), tag.clone())?,
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
         Bson::TimeStamp(ts) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
-            collected.insert_tagged("$timestamp".to_string(), Value::number(ts).tagged(tag));
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
+            collected.insert_tagged("$timestamp".to_string(), Value::number(ts).tagged(&tag));
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
         Bson::Binary(bst, bytes) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$binary_subtype".to_string(),
                 match bst {
                     BinarySubtype::UserDefined(u) => Value::number(u),
                     _ => Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(binary_subtype_to_string(*bst))),
                 }
-                .tagged(tag),
+                .tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$binary".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(bytes.to_owned())).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(bytes.to_owned())).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
         Bson::ObjectId(obj_id) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$object_id".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(obj_id.to_hex())).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(obj_id.to_hex())).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
-        Bson::UtcDatetime(dt) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Date(*dt)).tagged(tag),
+        Bson::UtcDatetime(dt) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Date(*dt)).tagged(&tag),
         Bson::Symbol(s) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
             collected.insert_tagged(
                 "$symbol".to_string(),
-                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(tag),
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(&tag),
             );
             collected.into_tagged_value()
         }
@@ -201,20 +201,20 @@ fn from_bson(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(vb)) =>
-                    match from_bson_bytes_to_value(vb, tag) {
+                    match from_bson_bytes_to_value(vb, tag.clone()) {
                         Ok(x) => yield ReturnSuccess::value(x),
                         Err(_) => {
                             yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                                 "Could not parse as BSON",
                                 "input cannot be parsed as BSON",
-                                tag,
+                                tag.clone(),
                                 "value originates from here",
                                 value_tag,
                             ))
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fn from_bson(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    tag.clone(),
                     "value originates from here",
                     value_tag,
                 )),

src/commands/from_csv.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FromCSV {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("from-csv").switch("headerless")
+        Signature::build("from-csv")
+            .switch("headerless", "don't treat the first row as column names")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -62,12 +63,12 @@ pub fn from_csv_string_to_value(
         if let Some(row_values) = iter.next() {
             let row_values = row_values?;
 
-            let mut row = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut row = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
 
             for (idx, entry) in row_values.iter().enumerate() {
                 row.insert_tagged(
                     fields.get(idx).unwrap(),
-                    Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(entry))).tagged(tag),
+                    Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(entry))).tagged(&tag),
                 );
             }
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn from_csv_string_to_value(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(Tagged::from_item(Value::Table(rows), tag))
+    Ok(Value::Table(rows).tagged(&tag))
 }
 
 fn from_csv(
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ fn from_csv(
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let name_tag = name;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ fn from_csv(
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -105,15 +106,15 @@ fn from_csv(
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    name_tag,
+                    name_tag.clone(),
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    value_tag.clone(),
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_csv_string_to_value(concat_string, skip_headers, name_tag) {
+        match from_csv_string_to_value(concat_string, skip_headers, name_tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -126,9 +127,9 @@ fn from_csv(
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as CSV",
                     "input cannot be parsed as CSV",
-                    name_tag,
+                    name_tag.clone(),
                     "value originates from here",
-                    last_tag,
+                    last_tag.clone(),
                 ))
             } ,
         }

src/commands/from_ini.rs

@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ fn convert_ini_top_to_nu_value(
     tag: impl Into<Tag>,
 ) -> Tagged<Value> {
     let tag = tag.into();
-    let mut top_level = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+    let mut top_level = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag.clone());
 
     for (key, value) in v.iter() {
-        top_level.insert_tagged(key.clone(), convert_ini_second_to_nu_value(value, tag));
+        top_level.insert_tagged(
+            key.clone(),
+            convert_ini_second_to_nu_value(value, tag.clone()),
+        );
     }
 
     top_level.into_tagged_value()
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ fn from_ini(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ fn from_ini(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -84,15 +87,15 @@ fn from_ini(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_ini_string_to_value(concat_string, tag) {
+        match from_ini_string_to_value(concat_string, tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -105,7 +108,7 @@ fn from_ini(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as INI",
                     "input cannot be parsed as INI",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
                     last_tag,
                 ))

src/commands/from_json.rs

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FromJSON {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("from-json").switch("objects")
+        Signature::build("from-json").switch("objects", "treat each line as a separate value")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -35,24 +35,24 @@ fn convert_json_value_to_nu_value(v: &serde_hjson::Value, tag: impl Into<Tag>) -
     let tag = tag.into();
 
     match v {
-        serde_hjson::Value::Null => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Nothing).tagged(tag),
-        serde_hjson::Value::Bool(b) => Value::boolean(*b).tagged(tag),
-        serde_hjson::Value::F64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(tag),
-        serde_hjson::Value::U64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(tag),
-        serde_hjson::Value::I64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(tag),
+        serde_hjson::Value::Null => Value::Primitive(Primitive::Nothing).tagged(&tag),
+        serde_hjson::Value::Bool(b) => Value::boolean(*b).tagged(&tag),
+        serde_hjson::Value::F64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(&tag),
+        serde_hjson::Value::U64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(&tag),
+        serde_hjson::Value::I64(n) => Value::number(n).tagged(&tag),
         serde_hjson::Value::String(s) => {
-            Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(tag)
+            Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(&tag)
         }
         serde_hjson::Value::Array(a) => Value::Table(
             a.iter()
-                .map(|x| convert_json_value_to_nu_value(x, tag))
+                .map(|x| convert_json_value_to_nu_value(x, &tag))
                 .collect(),
         )
         .tagged(tag),
         serde_hjson::Value::Object(o) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
             for (k, v) in o.iter() {
-                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_json_value_to_nu_value(v, tag));
+                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_json_value_to_nu_value(v, &tag));
             }
 
             collected.into_tagged_value()
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fn from_json(
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let name_tag = name;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fn from_json(
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ fn from_json(
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    name_tag,
+                    &name_tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
@@ -106,15 +106,15 @@ fn from_json(
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                match from_json_string_to_value(json_str.to_string(), name_tag) {
+                match from_json_string_to_value(json_str.to_string(), &name_tag) {
                     Ok(x) =>
                         yield ReturnSuccess::value(x),
                     Err(_) => {
-                        if let Some(last_tag) = latest_tag {
+                        if let Some(ref last_tag) = latest_tag {
                             yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                                 "Could nnot parse as JSON",
                                 "input cannot be parsed as JSON",
-                                name_tag,
+                                &name_tag,
                                 "value originates from here",
                                 last_tag))
                         }
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ fn from_json(
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            match from_json_string_to_value(concat_string, name_tag) {
+            match from_json_string_to_value(concat_string, name_tag.clone()) {
                 Ok(x) =>
                     match x {
                         Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {

src/commands/from_sqlite.rs

@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ fn from_sqlite(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputSt
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::Binary(vb)) =>
-                    match from_sqlite_bytes_to_value(vb, tag) {
+                    match from_sqlite_bytes_to_value(vb, tag.clone()) {
                         Ok(x) => match x {
                             Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                                 for l in list {
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ fn from_sqlite(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputSt
                             yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                                 "Could not parse as SQLite",
                                 "input cannot be parsed as SQLite",
-                                tag,
+                                &tag,
                                 "value originates from here",
                                 value_tag,
                             ))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ fn from_sqlite(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputSt
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
                     value_tag,
                 )),

src/commands/from_ssv.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,360 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::data::{Primitive, TaggedDictBuilder, Value};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct FromSSV;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct FromSSVArgs {
+    headerless: bool,
+    #[serde(rename(deserialize = "aligned-columns"))]
+    aligned_columns: bool,
+    #[serde(rename(deserialize = "minimum-spaces"))]
+    minimum_spaces: Option<Tagged<usize>>,
+}
+
+const STRING_REPRESENTATION: &str = "from-ssv";
+const DEFAULT_MINIMUM_SPACES: usize = 2;
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for FromSSV {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        STRING_REPRESENTATION
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(STRING_REPRESENTATION)
+            .switch("headerless", "don't treat the first row as column names")
+            .switch("aligned-columns", "assume columns are aligned")
+            .named(
+                "minimum-spaces",
+                SyntaxShape::Int,
+                "the mininum spaces to separate columns",
+            )
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Parse text as space-separated values and create a table. The default minimum number of spaces counted as a separator is 2."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, from_ssv)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+fn string_to_table(
+    s: &str,
+    headerless: bool,
+    aligned_columns: bool,
+    split_at: usize,
+) -> Option<Vec<Vec<(String, String)>>> {
+    let mut lines = s.lines().filter(|l| !l.trim().is_empty());
+    let separator = " ".repeat(std::cmp::max(split_at, 1));
+
+    if aligned_columns {
+        let headers_raw = lines.next()?;
+
+        let headers = headers_raw
+            .trim()
+            .split(&separator)
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+            .map(|s| (headers_raw.find(s).unwrap(), s.to_owned()));
+
+        let columns = if headerless {
+            headers
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|(header_no, (string_index, _))| {
+                    (string_index, format!("Column{}", header_no + 1))
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<(usize, String)>>()
+        } else {
+            headers.collect::<Vec<(usize, String)>>()
+        };
+
+        Some(
+            lines
+                .map(|l| {
+                    columns
+                        .iter()
+                        .enumerate()
+                        .filter_map(|(i, (start, col))| {
+                            (match columns.get(i + 1) {
+                                Some((end, _)) => l.get(*start..*end),
+                                None => l.get(*start..),
+                            })
+                            .and_then(|s| Some((col.clone(), String::from(s.trim()))))
+                        })
+                        .collect()
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        )
+    } else {
+        let headers = lines
+            .next()?
+            .split(&separator)
+            .map(|s| s.trim())
+            .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+            .map(|s| s.to_owned())
+            .collect::<Vec<String>>();
+
+        let header_row = if headerless {
+            (1..=headers.len())
+                .map(|i| format!("Column{}", i))
+                .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+        } else {
+            headers
+        };
+
+        Some(
+            lines
+                .map(|l| {
+                    header_row
+                        .iter()
+                        .zip(
+                            l.split(&separator)
+                                .map(|s| s.trim())
+                                .filter(|s| !s.is_empty()),
+                        )
+                        .map(|(a, b)| (String::from(a), String::from(b)))
+                        .collect()
+                })
+                .collect(),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+fn from_ssv_string_to_value(
+    s: &str,
+    headerless: bool,
+    aligned_columns: bool,
+    split_at: usize,
+    tag: impl Into<Tag>,
+) -> Option<Tagged<Value>> {
+    let tag = tag.into();
+    let rows = string_to_table(s, headerless, aligned_columns, split_at)?
+        .iter()
+        .map(|row| {
+            let mut tagged_dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
+            for (col, entry) in row {
+                tagged_dict.insert_tagged(
+                    col,
+                    Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(entry))).tagged(&tag),
+                )
+            }
+            tagged_dict.into_tagged_value()
+        })
+        .collect();
+
+    Some(Value::Table(rows).tagged(&tag))
+}
+
+fn from_ssv(
+    FromSSVArgs {
+        headerless,
+        aligned_columns,
+        minimum_spaces,
+    }: FromSSVArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
+        let mut concat_string = String::new();
+        let mut latest_tag: Option<Tag> = None;
+        let split_at = match minimum_spaces {
+            Some(number) => number.item,
+            None => DEFAULT_MINIMUM_SPACES
+        };
+
+        for value in values {
+            let value_tag = value.tag();
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
+            match value.item {
+                Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
+                    concat_string.push_str(&s);
+                }
+                _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary (
+                    "Expected a string from pipeline",
+                    "requires string input",
+                    &name,
+                    "value originates from here",
+                    &value_tag
+                )),
+            }
+        }
+
+        match from_ssv_string_to_value(&concat_string, headerless, aligned_columns, split_at, name.clone()) {
+            Some(x) => match x {
+                Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), ..} => {
+                    for l in list { yield ReturnSuccess::value(l) }
+                }
+                x => yield ReturnSuccess::value(x)
+            },
+            None => if let Some(tag) = latest_tag {
+                yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
+                    "Could not parse as SSV",
+                    "input cannot be parsed ssv",
+                    &name,
+                    "value originates from here",
+                    &tag,
+                ))
+            },
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    fn owned(x: &str, y: &str) -> (String, String) {
+        (String::from(x), String::from(y))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_trims_empty_and_whitespace_only_lines() {
+        let input = r#"
+
+            a       b
+
+            1       2
+
+            3       4
+        "#;
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            Some(vec![
+                vec![owned("a", "1"), owned("b", "2")],
+                vec![owned("a", "3"), owned("b", "4")]
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_deals_with_single_column_input() {
+        let input = r#"
+            a
+            1
+            2
+        "#;
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            Some(vec![vec![owned("a", "1")], vec![owned("a", "2")]])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_ignores_headers_when_headerless() {
+        let input = r#"
+            a b
+            1 2
+            3 4
+        "#;
+        let result = string_to_table(input, true, true, 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            Some(vec![
+                vec![owned("Column1", "1"), owned("Column2", "2")],
+                vec![owned("Column1", "3"), owned("Column2", "4")]
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_returns_none_given_an_empty_string() {
+        let input = "";
+        let result = string_to_table(input, true, true, 1);
+        assert!(result.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_allows_a_predefined_number_of_spaces() {
+        let input = r#"
+            column a   column b
+            entry 1    entry number  2
+            3          four
+        "#;
+
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 3);
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            Some(vec![
+                vec![
+                    owned("column a", "entry 1"),
+                    owned("column b", "entry number  2")
+                ],
+                vec![owned("column a", "3"), owned("column b", "four")]
+            ])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_trims_remaining_separator_space() {
+        let input = r#"
+            colA   colB     colC
+            val1   val2     val3
+        "#;
+
+        let trimmed = |s: &str| s.trim() == s;
+
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 2).unwrap();
+        assert!(result
+            .iter()
+            .all(|row| row.iter().all(|(a, b)| trimmed(a) && trimmed(b))))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_keeps_empty_columns() {
+        let input = r#"
+            colA   col B     col C
+                   val2      val3
+            val4   val 5     val 6
+            val7             val8
+        "#;
+
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 2).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            vec![
+                vec![
+                    owned("colA", ""),
+                    owned("col B", "val2"),
+                    owned("col C", "val3")
+                ],
+                vec![
+                    owned("colA", "val4"),
+                    owned("col B", "val 5"),
+                    owned("col C", "val 6")
+                ],
+                vec![
+                    owned("colA", "val7"),
+                    owned("col B", ""),
+                    owned("col C", "val8")
+                ],
+            ]
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_uses_the_full_final_column() {
+        let input = r#"
+            colA   col B
+            val1   val2   trailing value that should be included
+        "#;
+
+        let result = string_to_table(input, false, true, 2).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            result,
+            vec![vec![
+                owned("colA", "val1"),
+                owned("col B", "val2   trailing value that should be included"),
+            ],]
+        )
+    }
+}

src/commands/from_toml.rs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(v: &toml::Value, tag: impl Into<Tag>) -> T
         toml::Value::String(s) => Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(s))).tagged(tag),
         toml::Value::Array(a) => Value::Table(
             a.iter()
-                .map(|x| convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(x, tag))
+                .map(|x| convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(x, &tag))
                 .collect(),
         )
         .tagged(tag),
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ pub fn convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(v: &toml::Value, tag: impl Into<Tag>) -> T
             Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(dt.to_string())).tagged(tag)
         }
         toml::Value::Table(t) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
 
             for (k, v) in t.iter() {
-                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(v, tag));
+                collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_toml_value_to_nu_value(v, &tag));
             }
 
             collected.into_tagged_value()
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ pub fn from_toml(
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn from_toml(
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ pub fn from_toml(
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_toml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag) {
+        match from_toml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn from_toml(
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as TOML",
                     "input cannot be parsed as TOML",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
                     last_tag,
                 ))

src/commands/from_tsv.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for FromTSV {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("from-tsv").switch("headerless")
+        Signature::build("from-tsv")
+            .switch("headerless", "don't treat the first row as column names")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -63,12 +64,12 @@ pub fn from_tsv_string_to_value(
         if let Some(row_values) = iter.next() {
             let row_values = row_values?;
 
-            let mut row = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut row = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
 
             for (idx, entry) in row_values.iter().enumerate() {
                 row.insert_tagged(
                     fields.get(idx).unwrap(),
-                    Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(entry))).tagged(tag),
+                    Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(String::from(entry))).tagged(&tag),
                 );
             }
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn from_tsv_string_to_value(
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(Tagged::from_item(Value::Table(rows), tag))
+    Ok(Value::Table(rows).tagged(&tag))
 }
 
 fn from_tsv(
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ fn from_tsv(
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let name_tag = name;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ fn from_tsv(
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -106,15 +107,15 @@ fn from_tsv(
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    name_tag,
+                    &name_tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_tsv_string_to_value(concat_string, skip_headers, name_tag) {
+        match from_tsv_string_to_value(concat_string, skip_headers, name_tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -127,9 +128,9 @@ fn from_tsv(
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as TSV",
                     "input cannot be parsed as TSV",
-                    name_tag,
+                    &name_tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    last_tag,
+                    &last_tag,
                 ))
             } ,
         }

src/commands/from_url.rs

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fn from_url(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn from_url(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ fn from_url(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }

src/commands/from_xml.rs

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn from_node_to_value<'a, 'd>(n: &roxmltree::Node<'a, 'd>, tag: impl Into<Tag>)
 
         let mut children_values = vec![];
         for c in n.children() {
-            children_values.push(from_node_to_value(&c, tag));
+            children_values.push(from_node_to_value(&c, &tag));
         }
 
         let children_values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = children_values
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fn from_xml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ fn from_xml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ fn from_xml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_xml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag) {
+        match from_xml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ fn from_xml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as XML",
                     "input cannot be parsed as XML",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    last_tag,
+                    &last_tag,
                 ))
             } ,
         }
@@ -134,3 +134,73 @@ fn from_xml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStrea
 
     Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use crate::commands::from_xml;
+    use crate::data::meta::*;
+    use crate::Value;
+    use indexmap::IndexMap;
+
+    fn string(input: impl Into<String>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::string(input.into()).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    fn row(entries: IndexMap<String, Tagged<Value>>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::row(entries).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    fn table(list: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::table(list).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    fn parse(xml: &str) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        from_xml::from_xml_string_to_value(xml.to_string(), Tag::unknown()).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_empty_element() {
+        let source = "<nu></nu>";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(source),
+            row(indexmap! {
+                "nu".into() => table(&vec![])
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_element_with_text() {
+        let source = "<nu>La era de los tres caballeros</nu>";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(source),
+            row(indexmap! {
+                "nu".into() => table(&vec![string("La era de los tres caballeros")])
+            })
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn parses_element_with_elements() {
+        let source = "\
+<nu>
+    <dev>Andrés</dev>
+    <dev>Jonathan</dev>
+    <dev>Yehuda</dev>
+</nu>";
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse(source),
+            row(indexmap! {
+                "nu".into() => table(&vec![
+                    row(indexmap! {"dev".into() => table(&vec![string("Andrés")])}),
+                    row(indexmap! {"dev".into() => table(&vec![string("Jonathan")])}),
+                    row(indexmap! {"dev".into() => table(&vec![string("Yehuda")])})
+                ])
+            })
+        );
+    }
+}

src/commands/from_yaml.rs

@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ fn convert_yaml_value_to_nu_value(v: &serde_yaml::Value, tag: impl Into<Tag>) ->
         serde_yaml::Value::String(s) => Value::string(s).tagged(tag),
         serde_yaml::Value::Sequence(a) => Value::Table(
             a.iter()
-                .map(|x| convert_yaml_value_to_nu_value(x, tag))
+                .map(|x| convert_yaml_value_to_nu_value(x, &tag))
                 .collect(),
         )
         .tagged(tag),
         serde_yaml::Value::Mapping(t) => {
-            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+            let mut collected = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
 
             for (k, v) in t.iter() {
                 match k {
                     serde_yaml::Value::String(k) => {
-                        collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_yaml_value_to_nu_value(v, tag));
+                        collected.insert_tagged(k.clone(), convert_yaml_value_to_nu_value(v, &tag));
                     }
                     _ => unimplemented!("Unknown key type"),
                 }
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ fn from_yaml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
     let tag = args.name_tag();
     let input = args.input;
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
 
         let mut concat_string = String::new();
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ fn from_yaml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
 
         for value in values {
             let value_tag = value.tag();
-            latest_tag = Some(value_tag);
+            latest_tag = Some(value_tag.clone());
             match value.item {
                 Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)) => {
                     concat_string.push_str(&s);
@@ -117,15 +117,15 @@ fn from_yaml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
                 _ => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    value_tag,
+                    &value_tag,
                 )),
 
             }
         }
 
-        match from_yaml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag) {
+        match from_yaml_string_to_value(concat_string, tag.clone()) {
             Ok(x) => match x {
                 Tagged { item: Value::Table(list), .. } => {
                     for l in list {
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ fn from_yaml(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Could not parse as YAML",
                     "input cannot be parsed as YAML",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
-                    last_tag,
+                    &last_tag,
                 ))
             } ,
         }

src/commands/get.rs

@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
 use crate::data::Value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::prelude::*;
+use crate::utils::did_you_mean;
+use log::trace;
 
 pub struct Get;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct GetArgs {
-    member: Tagged<String>,
-    rest: Vec<Tagged<String>>,
+    member: ColumnPath,
+    rest: Vec<ColumnPath>,
 }
 
 impl WholeStreamCommand for Get {
@@ -18,8 +20,15 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Get {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("get")
-            .required("member", SyntaxShape::Member)
-            .rest(SyntaxShape::Member)
+            .required(
+                "member",
+                SyntaxShape::ColumnPath,
+                "the path to the data to get",
+            )
+            .rest(
+                SyntaxShape::ColumnPath,
+                "optionally return additional data by path",
+            )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -35,45 +44,98 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Get {
     }
 }
 
-fn get_member(path: &Tagged<String>, obj: &Tagged<Value>) -> Result<Tagged<Value>, ShellError> {
-    let mut current = Some(obj);
-    for p in path.split(".") {
-        if let Some(obj) = current {
-            current = match obj.get_data_by_key(p) {
-                Some(v) => Some(v),
-                None =>
-                // Before we give up, see if they gave us a path that matches a field name by itself
-                {
-                    match obj.get_data_by_key(&path.item) {
-                        Some(v) => return Ok(v.clone()),
-                        None => {
-                            let possibilities = obj.data_descriptors();
+pub type ColumnPath = Vec<Tagged<Value>>;
 
-                            let mut possible_matches: Vec<_> = possibilities
-                                .iter()
-                                .map(|x| {
-                                    (natural::distance::levenshtein_distance(x, &path.item), x)
-                                })
-                                .collect();
+pub fn get_column_path(
+    path: &ColumnPath,
+    obj: &Tagged<Value>,
+) -> Result<Tagged<Value>, ShellError> {
+    let fields = path.clone();
 
-                            possible_matches.sort();
+    let value = obj.get_data_by_column_path(
+        obj.tag(),
+        path,
+        Box::new(move |(obj_source, column_path_tried)| {
+            match obj_source {
+                Value::Table(rows) => {
+                    let total = rows.len();
+                    let end_tag = match fields.iter().nth_back(if fields.len() > 2 { 1 } else { 0 })
+                    {
+                        Some(last_field) => last_field.tag(),
+                        None => column_path_tried.tag(),
+                    };
 
-                            return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                                "Unknown column",
-                                format!("did you mean '{}'?", possible_matches[0].1),
-                                path.tag(),
-                            ));
-                        }
-                    }
+                    return ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
+                        "Row not found",
+                        format!(
+                            "There isn't a row indexed at '{}'",
+                            match &*column_path_tried {
+                                Value::Primitive(primitive) => primitive.format(None),
+                                _ => String::from(""),
+                            }
+                        ),
+                        column_path_tried.tag(),
+                        format!("The table only has {} rows (0..{})", total, total - 1),
+                        end_tag,
+                    );
                 }
+                _ => {}
             }
-        }
-    }
 
-    match current {
-        Some(v) => Ok(v.clone()),
-        None => Ok(Value::nothing().tagged(obj.tag)),
-    }
+            match &column_path_tried {
+                Tagged {
+                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::Int(index)),
+                    ..
+                } => {
+                    return ShellError::labeled_error(
+                        "No rows available",
+                        format!(
+                            "Not a table. Perhaps you meant to get the column '{}' instead?",
+                            index
+                        ),
+                        column_path_tried.tag(),
+                    )
+                }
+                _ => match did_you_mean(&obj_source, &column_path_tried) {
+                    Some(suggestions) => {
+                        return ShellError::labeled_error(
+                            "Unknown column",
+                            format!("did you mean '{}'?", suggestions[0].1),
+                            tag_for_tagged_list(fields.iter().map(|p| p.tag())),
+                        )
+                    }
+                    None => {
+                        return ShellError::labeled_error(
+                            "Unknown column",
+                            "row does not contain this column",
+                            tag_for_tagged_list(fields.iter().map(|p| p.tag())),
+                        )
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }),
+    );
+
+    let res = match value {
+        Ok(fetched) => match fetched {
+            Some(Tagged { item: v, .. }) => Ok((v.clone()).tagged(&obj.tag)),
+            None => match obj {
+                // If its None check for certain values.
+                Tagged {
+                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(_)),
+                    ..
+                } => Ok(obj.clone()),
+                Tagged {
+                    item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::Path(_)),
+                    ..
+                } => Ok(obj.clone()),
+                _ => Ok(Value::nothing().tagged(&obj.tag)),
+            },
+        },
+        Err(reason) => Err(reason),
+    };
+
+    res
 }
 
 pub fn get(
@@ -83,6 +145,8 @@ pub fn get(
     }: GetArgs,
     RunnableContext { input, .. }: RunnableContext,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    trace!("get {:?} {:?}", member, fields);
+
     let stream = input
         .values
         .map(move |item| {
@@ -90,26 +154,36 @@ pub fn get(
 
             let member = vec![member.clone()];
 
-            let fields = vec![&member, &fields]
+            let column_paths = vec![&member, &fields]
                 .into_iter()
                 .flatten()
-                .collect::<Vec<&Tagged<String>>>();
+                .collect::<Vec<&ColumnPath>>();
 
-            for field in &fields {
-                match get_member(field, &item) {
-                    Ok(Tagged {
-                        item: Value::Table(l),
-                        ..
-                    }) => {
-                        for item in l {
-                            result.push_back(ReturnSuccess::value(item.clone()));
+            for path in column_paths {
+                let res = get_column_path(&path, &item);
+
+                match res {
+                    Ok(got) => match got {
+                        Tagged {
+                            item: Value::Table(rows),
+                            ..
+                        } => {
+                            for row in rows {
+                                result.push_back(ReturnSuccess::value(
+                                    Tagged {
+                                        item: row.item,
+                                        tag: Tag::from(&item.tag),
+                                    }
+                                    .map_anchored(&item.tag.anchor),
+                                ))
+                            }
                         }
-                    }
-                    Ok(x) => result.push_back(ReturnSuccess::value(x.clone())),
-                    Err(x) => result.push_back(Err(x)),
+                        other => result
+                            .push_back(ReturnSuccess::value((*other).clone().tagged(&item.tag))),
+                    },
+                    Err(reason) => result.push_back(Err(reason)),
                 }
             }
-
             result
         })
         .flatten();

src/commands/group_by.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::data::TaggedDictBuilder;
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct GroupBy;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct GroupByArgs {
+    column_name: Tagged<String>,
+}
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for GroupBy {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "group-by"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("group-by").required(
+            "column_name",
+            SyntaxShape::String,
+            "the name of the column to group by",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Creates a new table with the data from the table rows grouped by the column given."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, group_by)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn group_by(
+    GroupByArgs { column_name }: GroupByArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let values: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
+
+        if values.is_empty() {
+            yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    "Expected table from pipeline",
+                    "requires a table input",
+                    column_name.span()
+                ))
+        } else {
+            match group(&column_name, values, name) {
+                Ok(grouped) => yield ReturnSuccess::value(grouped),
+                Err(err) => yield Err(err)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+}
+
+pub fn group(
+    column_name: &Tagged<String>,
+    values: Vec<Tagged<Value>>,
+    tag: impl Into<Tag>,
+) -> Result<Tagged<Value>, ShellError> {
+    let tag = tag.into();
+
+    let mut groups = indexmap::IndexMap::new();
+
+    for value in values {
+        let group_key = value.get_data_by_key(column_name);
+
+        if group_key.is_none() {
+            let possibilities = value.data_descriptors();
+
+            let mut possible_matches: Vec<_> = possibilities
+                .iter()
+                .map(|x| (natural::distance::levenshtein_distance(x, column_name), x))
+                .collect();
+
+            possible_matches.sort();
+
+            if possible_matches.len() > 0 {
+                return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    "Unknown column",
+                    format!("did you mean '{}'?", possible_matches[0].1),
+                    column_name.tag(),
+                ));
+            } else {
+                return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    "Unknown column",
+                    "row does not contain this column",
+                    column_name.tag(),
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+
+        let group_key = group_key.unwrap().as_string()?;
+        let group = groups.entry(group_key).or_insert(vec![]);
+        group.push(value);
+    }
+
+    let mut out = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
+
+    for (k, v) in groups.iter() {
+        out.insert(k, Value::table(v));
+    }
+
+    Ok(out.into_tagged_value())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use crate::commands::group_by::group;
+    use crate::data::meta::*;
+    use crate::Value;
+    use indexmap::IndexMap;
+
+    fn string(input: impl Into<String>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::string(input.into()).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    fn row(entries: IndexMap<String, Tagged<Value>>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::row(entries).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    fn table(list: &Vec<Tagged<Value>>) -> Tagged<Value> {
+        Value::table(list).tagged_unknown()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn groups_table_by_key() {
+        let for_key = String::from("date").tagged_unknown();
+
+        let nu_releases = vec![
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")},
+            ),
+            row(
+                indexmap! {"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")},
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            group(&for_key, nu_releases, Tag::unknown()).unwrap(),
+            row(indexmap! {
+                "August 23-2019".into() =>  table(&vec![
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("August 23-2019")})
+                ]),
+                "October 10-2019".into() =>  table(&vec![
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("October 10-2019")})
+                ]),
+                "Sept 24-2019".into() =>  table(&vec![
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("AR"), "country".into() => string("EC"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("YK"), "country".into() => string("US"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")}),
+                    row(indexmap!{"name".into() => string("JT"), "country".into() => string("NZ"), "date".into() => string("Sept 24-2019")})
+                ]),
+            })
+        );
+    }
+}

src/commands/help.rs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Help {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> registry::Signature {
-        Signature::build("help").rest(SyntaxShape::Any)
+        Signature::build("help").rest(SyntaxShape::Any, "the name of command(s) to get help on")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Help {
         _raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
         _input: Tagged<Value>,
     ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-        let tag = call_info.name_tag;
+        let tag = &call_info.name_tag;
 
         match call_info.args.nth(0) {
             Some(Tagged {
@@ -61,12 +61,9 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Help {
                         let mut one_liner = String::new();
                         one_liner.push_str(&signature.name);
                         one_liner.push_str(" ");
-                        if signature.named.len() > 0 {
-                            one_liner.push_str("{flags} ");
-                        }
 
-                        for positional in signature.positional {
-                            match positional {
+                        for positional in &signature.positional {
+                            match &positional.0 {
                                 PositionalType::Mandatory(name, _m) => {
                                     one_liner.push_str(&format!("<{}> ", name));
                                 }
@@ -77,25 +74,70 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Help {
                         }
 
                         if signature.rest_positional.is_some() {
-                            one_liner.push_str(" ...args");
+                            one_liner.push_str(&format!(" ...args",));
                         }
+
+                        if signature.named.len() > 0 {
+                            one_liner.push_str("{flags} ");
+                        }
+
                         long_desc.push_str(&format!("\nUsage:\n  > {}\n", one_liner));
 
+                        if signature.positional.len() > 0 || signature.rest_positional.is_some() {
+                            long_desc.push_str("\nparameters:\n");
+                            for positional in signature.positional {
+                                match positional.0 {
+                                    PositionalType::Mandatory(name, _m) => {
+                                        long_desc
+                                            .push_str(&format!("  <{}> {}\n", name, positional.1));
+                                    }
+                                    PositionalType::Optional(name, _o) => {
+                                        long_desc
+                                            .push_str(&format!("  ({}) {}\n", name, positional.1));
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                            if signature.rest_positional.is_some() {
+                                long_desc.push_str(&format!(
+                                    "  ...args{} {}\n",
+                                    if signature.rest_positional.is_some() {
+                                        ":"
+                                    } else {
+                                        ""
+                                    },
+                                    signature.rest_positional.unwrap().1
+                                ));
+                            }
+                        }
                         if signature.named.len() > 0 {
                             long_desc.push_str("\nflags:\n");
                             for (flag, ty) in signature.named {
-                                match ty {
+                                match ty.0 {
                                     NamedType::Switch => {
-                                        long_desc.push_str(&format!("  --{}\n", flag));
+                                        long_desc.push_str(&format!(
+                                            "  --{}{} {}\n",
+                                            flag,
+                                            if ty.1.len() > 0 { ":" } else { "" },
+                                            ty.1
+                                        ));
                                     }
                                     NamedType::Mandatory(m) => {
                                         long_desc.push_str(&format!(
-                                            "  --{} <{}> (required parameter)\n",
-                                            flag, m
+                                            "  --{} <{}> (required parameter){} {}\n",
+                                            flag,
+                                            m,
+                                            if ty.1.len() > 0 { ":" } else { "" },
+                                            ty.1
                                         ));
                                     }
                                     NamedType::Optional(o) => {
-                                        long_desc.push_str(&format!("  --{} <{}>\n", flag, o));
+                                        long_desc.push_str(&format!(
+                                            "  --{} <{}>{} {}\n",
+                                            flag,
+                                            o,
+                                            if ty.1.len() > 0 { ":" } else { "" },
+                                            ty.1
+                                        ));
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
@@ -116,7 +158,7 @@ Here are some tips to help you get started.
   * help commands - list all available commands
   * help <command name> - display help about a particular command
 
-You can also learn more at http://book.nushell.sh"#;
+You can also learn more at https://book.nushell.sh"#;
 
                 let mut output_stream = VecDeque::new();
 

src/commands/history.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use crate::cli::History as HistoryFile;
+use crate::commands::PerItemCommand;
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::registry::{self};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+
+pub struct History;
+
+impl PerItemCommand for History {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "history"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> registry::Signature {
+        Signature::build("history")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Display command history."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        call_info: &CallInfo,
+        _registry: &CommandRegistry,
+        _raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
+        _input: Tagged<Value>,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        let tag = call_info.name_tag.clone();
+
+        let stream = async_stream! {
+            let history_path = HistoryFile::path();
+            let file = File::open(history_path);
+            if let Ok(file) = file {
+                let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+                for line in reader.lines() {
+                    if let Ok(line) = line {
+                        yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::string(line).tagged(tag.clone()));
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error("Could not open history", "history file could not be opened", tag.clone()));
+            }
+        };
+        Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+    }
+}

src/commands/last.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pub struct Last;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct LastArgs {
-    amount: Tagged<u64>,
+    rows: Option<Tagged<u64>>,
 }
 
 impl WholeStreamCommand for Last {
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Last {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("last").required("amount", SyntaxShape::Number)
+        Signature::build("last").optional(
+            "rows",
+            SyntaxShape::Number,
+            "starting from the back, the number of rows to return",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -32,16 +36,23 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Last {
     }
 }
 
-fn last(
-    LastArgs { amount }: LastArgs,
-    context: RunnableContext,
-) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+fn last(LastArgs { rows }: LastArgs, context: RunnableContext) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let v: Vec<_> = context.input.into_vec().await;
-        let k = v.len() - (*amount as usize);
-        for x in v[k..].iter() {
-            let y: Tagged<Value> = x.clone();
-            yield ReturnSuccess::value(y)
+
+        let rows_desired = if let Some(quantity) = rows {
+            *quantity
+        } else {
+         1
+        };
+
+        let count = (rows_desired as usize);
+        if count < v.len() {
+            let k = v.len() - count;
+            for x in v[k..].iter() {
+                let y: Tagged<Value> = x.clone();
+                yield ReturnSuccess::value(y)
+            }
         }
     };
     Ok(stream.to_output_stream())

src/commands/lines.rs

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn lines(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStream,
                 result.push_back(Err(ShellError::labeled_error_with_secondary(
                     "Expected a string from pipeline",
                     "requires string input",
-                    tag,
+                    &tag,
                     "value originates from here",
                     v.tag(),
                 )));

src/commands/ls.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for LS {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("ls").optional("path", SyntaxShape::Pattern)
+        Signature::build("ls").optional(
+            "path",
+            SyntaxShape::Pattern,
+            "a path to get the directory contents from",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -34,5 +38,5 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for LS {
 }
 
 fn ls(LsArgs { path }: LsArgs, context: RunnableContext) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    context.shell_manager.ls(path, context.name)
+    context.shell_manager.ls(path, &context)
 }

src/commands/mkdir.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Mkdir {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("mkdir").rest(SyntaxShape::Path)
+        Signature::build("mkdir").rest(SyntaxShape::Path, "the name(s) of the path(s) to create")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/mv.rs

@@ -20,9 +20,16 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Move {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("mv")
-            .required("source", SyntaxShape::Pattern)
-            .required("destination", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .named("file", SyntaxShape::Any)
+            .required(
+                "source",
+                SyntaxShape::Pattern,
+                "the location to move files/directories from",
+            )
+            .required(
+                "destination",
+                SyntaxShape::Path,
+                "the location to move files/directories to",
+            )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/nth.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Nth {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("nth").required("row number", SyntaxShape::Any)
+        Signature::build("nth").required(
+            "row number",
+            SyntaxShape::Any,
+            "the number of the row to return",
+        )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/open.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::commands::UnevaluatedCallInfo;
-use crate::context::SpanSource;
+use crate::context::AnchorLocation;
 use crate::data::meta::Span;
 use crate::data::Value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use crate::parser::hir::SyntaxShape;
 use crate::parser::registry::Signature;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use uuid::Uuid;
 pub struct Open;
 
 impl PerItemCommand for Open {
@@ -17,8 +16,12 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Open {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build(self.name())
-            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .switch("raw")
+            .required(
+                "path",
+                SyntaxShape::Path,
+                "the file path to load values from",
+            )
+            .switch("raw", "load content as a string insead of a table")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -45,21 +48,23 @@ fn run(
     let cwd = PathBuf::from(shell_manager.path());
     let full_path = PathBuf::from(cwd);
 
-    let path = match call_info
-        .args
-        .nth(0)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::string(&format!("No file or directory specified")))?
-    {
+    let path = match call_info.args.nth(0).ok_or_else(|| {
+        ShellError::labeled_error(
+            "No file or directory specified",
+            "for command",
+            &call_info.name_tag,
+        )
+    })? {
         file => file,
     };
     let path_buf = path.as_path()?;
     let path_str = path_buf.display().to_string();
-    let path_span = path.span();
+    let path_span = path.tag.span;
     let has_raw = call_info.args.has("raw");
     let registry = registry.clone();
     let raw_args = raw_args.clone();
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
 
         let result = fetch(&full_path, &path_str, path_span).await;
 
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ fn run(
             yield Err(e);
             return;
         }
-        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag, span_source) = result.unwrap();
+        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag) = result.unwrap();
 
         let file_extension = if has_raw {
             None
@@ -77,21 +82,14 @@ fn run(
             file_extension.or(path_str.split('.').last().map(String::from))
         };
 
-        if contents_tag.origin != uuid::Uuid::nil() {
-            // If we have loaded something, track its source
-            yield ReturnSuccess::action(CommandAction::AddSpanSource(
-                contents_tag.origin,
-                span_source,
-            ));
-        }
-
-        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(contents_tag);
+        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(&contents_tag);
 
         if let Some(extension) = file_extension {
             let command_name = format!("from-{}", extension);
             if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command(&command_name) {
                 let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
                     host: raw_args.host,
+                    ctrl_c: raw_args.ctrl_c,
                     shell_manager: raw_args.shell_manager,
                     call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
                         args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
@@ -100,11 +98,10 @@ fn run(
                             named: None
                         },
                         source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                        source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
                         name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
                     }
                 };
-                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry, false);
+                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry);
                 let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> = result.drain_vec().await;
                 for res in result_vec {
                     match res {
@@ -114,7 +111,7 @@ fn run(
                             }
                         }
                         Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, .. })) => {
-                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag }));
+                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag.clone() }));
                         }
                         x => yield x,
                     }
@@ -134,7 +131,7 @@ pub async fn fetch(
     cwd: &PathBuf,
     location: &str,
     span: Span,
-) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag, SpanSource), ShellError> {
+) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag), ShellError> {
     let mut cwd = cwd.clone();
 
     cwd.push(Path::new(location));
@@ -147,9 +144,8 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                     Value::string(s),
                     Tag {
                         span,
-                        origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                        anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string())),
                     },
-                    SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                 )),
                 Err(_) => {
                     //Non utf8 data.
@@ -166,18 +162,20 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                                         Value::string(s),
                                         Tag {
                                             span,
-                                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                                cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                            )),
                                         },
-                                        SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                     )),
                                     Err(_) => Ok((
                                         None,
                                         Value::binary(bytes),
                                         Tag {
                                             span,
-                                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                                cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                            )),
                                         },
-                                        SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                     )),
                                 }
                             } else {
@@ -186,9 +184,10 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                                     Value::binary(bytes),
                                     Tag {
                                         span,
-                                        origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                        anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                            cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                        )),
                                     },
-                                    SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                 ))
                             }
                         }
@@ -204,18 +203,20 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                                         Value::string(s),
                                         Tag {
                                             span,
-                                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                                cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                            )),
                                         },
-                                        SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                     )),
                                     Err(_) => Ok((
                                         None,
                                         Value::binary(bytes),
                                         Tag {
                                             span,
-                                            origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                            anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                                cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                            )),
                                         },
-                                        SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                     )),
                                 }
                             } else {
@@ -224,9 +225,10 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                                     Value::binary(bytes),
                                     Tag {
                                         span,
-                                        origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                        anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                            cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                        )),
                                     },
-                                    SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                                 ))
                             }
                         }
@@ -235,9 +237,10 @@ pub async fn fetch(
                             Value::binary(bytes),
                             Tag {
                                 span,
-                                origin: Uuid::new_v4(),
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::File(
+                                    cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                )),
                             },
-                            SpanSource::File(cwd.to_string_lossy().to_string()),
                         )),
                     }
                 }

src/commands/pick.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Pick {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("pick").rest(SyntaxShape::Any)
+        Signature::build("pick").rest(SyntaxShape::Any, "the columns to select from the table")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/pivot.rs

@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Pivot {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("pivot")
-            .switch("header-row")
-            .switch("ignore-titles")
-            .rest(SyntaxShape::String)
+            .switch("header-row", "treat the first row as column names")
+            .switch("ignore-titles", "don't pivot the column names into values")
+            .rest(
+                SyntaxShape::String,
+                "the names to give columns once pivoted",
+            )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ fn merge_descriptors(values: &[Tagged<Value>]) -> Vec<String> {
 }
 
 pub fn pivot(args: PivotArgs, context: RunnableContext) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let input = context.input.into_vec().await;
 
         let descs = merge_descriptors(&input);
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ pub fn pivot(args: PivotArgs, context: RunnableContext) -> Result<OutputStream,
 
         for desc in descs {
             let mut column_num: usize = 0;
-            let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(context.name);
+            let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&context.name);
 
             if !args.ignore_titles && !args.header_row {
                 dict.insert(headers[column_num].clone(), Value::string(desc.clone()));

src/commands/plugin.rs

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                             },
                             Err(e) => {
                                 let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                                     "Error while processing begin_filter response: {:?} {}",
                                     e, input
                                 ))));
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                     }
                     Err(e) => {
                         let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                             "Error while reading begin_filter response: {:?}",
                             e
                         ))));
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                             },
                             Err(e) => {
                                 let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                                     "Error while processing end_filter response: {:?} {}",
                                     e, input
                                 ))));
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                     }
                     Err(e) => {
                         let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                             "Error while reading end_filter: {:?}",
                             e
                         ))));
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                             },
                             Err(e) => {
                                 let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                                result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                                     "Error while processing filter response: {:?} {}",
                                     e, input
                                 ))));
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ pub fn filter_plugin(
                     }
                     Err(e) => {
                         let mut result = VecDeque::new();
-                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::string(format!(
+                        result.push_back(Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(format!(
                             "Error while reading filter response: {:?}",
                             e
                         ))));
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ pub fn sink_plugin(
     let args = args.evaluate_once(registry)?;
     let call_info = args.call_info.clone();
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let input: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = args.input.values.collect().await;
 
         let request = JsonRpc::new("sink", (call_info.clone(), input));
@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ pub fn sink_plugin(
             .expect("Failed to spawn child process");
 
         let _ = child.wait();
+
+        // Needed for async_stream to type check
+        if false {
+            yield ReturnSuccess::value(Value::nothing().tagged_unknown());
+        }
     };
     Ok(OutputStream::new(stream))
 }

src/commands/post.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::commands::UnevaluatedCallInfo;
-use crate::context::SpanSource;
+use crate::context::AnchorLocation;
 use crate::data::Value;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::parser::hir::SyntaxShape;
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use surf::mime;
 
+pub enum HeaderKind {
+    ContentType(String),
+    ContentLength(String),
+}
+
 pub struct Post;
 
 impl PerItemCommand for Post {
@@ -20,11 +25,25 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Post {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build(self.name())
-            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .required("body", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .named("user", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .named("password", SyntaxShape::Any)
-            .switch("raw")
+            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Any, "the URL to post to")
+            .required("body", SyntaxShape::Any, "the contents of the post body")
+            .named("user", SyntaxShape::Any, "the username when authenticating")
+            .named(
+                "password",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "the password when authenticating",
+            )
+            .named(
+                "content-type",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "the MIME type of content to post",
+            )
+            .named(
+                "content-length",
+                SyntaxShape::Any,
+                "the length of the content being posted",
+            )
+            .switch("raw", "return values as a string instead of a table")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -47,21 +66,20 @@ fn run(
     registry: &CommandRegistry,
     raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let name_tag = call_info.name_tag.clone();
     let call_info = call_info.clone();
-    let path = match call_info
-        .args
-        .nth(0)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::string(&format!("No url specified")))?
-    {
-        file => file.clone(),
-    };
-    let body = match call_info
-        .args
-        .nth(1)
-        .ok_or_else(|| ShellError::string(&format!("No body specified")))?
-    {
-        file => file.clone(),
-    };
+    let path =
+        match call_info.args.nth(0).ok_or_else(|| {
+            ShellError::labeled_error("No url specified", "for command", &name_tag)
+        })? {
+            file => file.clone(),
+        };
+    let body =
+        match call_info.args.nth(1).ok_or_else(|| {
+            ShellError::labeled_error("No body specified", "for command", &name_tag)
+        })? {
+            file => file.clone(),
+        };
     let path_str = path.as_string()?;
     let path_span = path.tag();
     let has_raw = call_info.args.has("raw");
@@ -73,9 +91,11 @@ fn run(
     let registry = registry.clone();
     let raw_args = raw_args.clone();
 
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
-        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag, span_source) =
-            post(&path_str, &body, user, password, path_span, &registry, &raw_args).await.unwrap();
+    let headers = get_headers(&call_info)?;
+
+    let stream = async_stream! {
+        let (file_extension, contents, contents_tag) =
+            post(&path_str, &body, user, password, &headers, path_span, &registry, &raw_args).await.unwrap();
 
         let file_extension = if has_raw {
             None
@@ -85,21 +105,14 @@ fn run(
             file_extension.or(path_str.split('.').last().map(String::from))
         };
 
-        if contents_tag.origin != uuid::Uuid::nil() {
-            // If we have loaded something, track its source
-            yield ReturnSuccess::action(CommandAction::AddSpanSource(
-                contents_tag.origin,
-                span_source,
-            ));
-        }
-
-        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(contents_tag);
+        let tagged_contents = contents.tagged(&contents_tag);
 
         if let Some(extension) = file_extension {
             let command_name = format!("from-{}", extension);
             if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command(&command_name) {
                 let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
                     host: raw_args.host,
+                    ctrl_c: raw_args.ctrl_c,
                     shell_manager: raw_args.shell_manager,
                     call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
                         args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
@@ -108,11 +121,10 @@ fn run(
                             named: None
                         },
                         source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                        source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
                         name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
                     }
                 };
-                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry, false);
+                let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(vec![tagged_contents]), &registry);
                 let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> = result.drain_vec().await;
                 for res in result_vec {
                     match res {
@@ -122,7 +134,7 @@ fn run(
                             }
                         }
                         Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, .. })) => {
-                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag }));
+                            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(Tagged { item, tag: contents_tag.clone() }));
                         }
                         x => yield x,
                     }
@@ -138,15 +150,71 @@ fn run(
     Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
 }
 
+fn get_headers(call_info: &CallInfo) -> Result<Vec<HeaderKind>, ShellError> {
+    let mut headers = vec![];
+
+    match extract_header_value(&call_info, "content-type") {
+        Ok(h) => match h {
+            Some(ct) => headers.push(HeaderKind::ContentType(ct)),
+            None => {}
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Err(e);
+        }
+    };
+
+    match extract_header_value(&call_info, "content-length") {
+        Ok(h) => match h {
+            Some(cl) => headers.push(HeaderKind::ContentLength(cl)),
+            None => {}
+        },
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Err(e);
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(headers)
+}
+
+fn extract_header_value(call_info: &CallInfo, key: &str) -> Result<Option<String>, ShellError> {
+    if call_info.args.has(key) {
+        let tagged = call_info.args.get(key);
+        let val = match tagged {
+            Some(Tagged {
+                item: Value::Primitive(Primitive::String(s)),
+                ..
+            }) => s.clone(),
+            Some(Tagged { tag, .. }) => {
+                return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    format!("{} not in expected format.  Expected string.", key),
+                    "post error",
+                    tag,
+                ));
+            }
+            _ => {
+                return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    format!("{} not in expected format.  Expected string.", key),
+                    "post error",
+                    Tag::unknown(),
+                ));
+            }
+        };
+        return Ok(Some(val));
+    }
+
+    Ok(None)
+}
+
 pub async fn post(
     location: &str,
     body: &Tagged<Value>,
     user: Option<String>,
     password: Option<String>,
+    headers: &Vec<HeaderKind>,
     tag: Tag,
     registry: &CommandRegistry,
     raw_args: &RawCommandArgs,
-) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag, SpanSource), ShellError> {
+) -> Result<(Option<String>, Value, Tag), ShellError> {
     let registry = registry.clone();
     let raw_args = raw_args.clone();
     if location.starts_with("http:") || location.starts_with("https:") {
@@ -164,6 +232,13 @@ pub async fn post(
                 if let Some(login) = login {
                     s = s.set_header("Authorization", format!("Basic {}", login));
                 }
+
+                for h in headers {
+                    s = match h {
+                        HeaderKind::ContentType(ct) => s.set_header("Content-Type", ct),
+                        HeaderKind::ContentLength(cl) => s.set_header("Content-Length", cl),
+                    };
+                }
                 s.await
             }
             Tagged {
@@ -180,6 +255,7 @@ pub async fn post(
                 if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command("to-json") {
                     let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
                         host: raw_args.host,
+                        ctrl_c: raw_args.ctrl_c,
                         shell_manager: raw_args.shell_manager,
                         call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
                             args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
@@ -188,14 +264,12 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 named: None,
                             },
                             source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                            source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
                             name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
                         },
                     };
                     let mut result = converter.run(
                         new_args.with_input(vec![item.clone().tagged(tag.clone())]),
                         &registry,
-                        false,
                     );
                     let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> =
                         result.drain_vec().await;
@@ -212,7 +286,7 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Save could not successfully save",
                                     "unexpected data during save",
-                                    *tag,
+                                    tag,
                                 ));
                             }
                         }
@@ -228,7 +302,7 @@ pub async fn post(
                     return Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
                         "Could not automatically convert table",
                         "needs manual conversion",
-                        *tag,
+                        tag,
                     ));
                 }
             }
@@ -244,11 +318,13 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Could not load text from remote url",
                                     "could not load",
-                                    tag,
+                                    &tag,
                                 )
                             })?),
-                            tag,
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                            Tag {
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                span: tag.span,
+                            },
                         )),
                         (mime::APPLICATION, mime::JSON) => Ok((
                             Some("json".to_string()),
@@ -256,25 +332,29 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Could not load text from remote url",
                                     "could not load",
-                                    tag,
+                                    &tag,
                                 )
                             })?),
-                            tag,
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                            Tag {
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                span: tag.span,
+                            },
                         )),
                         (mime::APPLICATION, mime::OCTET_STREAM) => {
                             let buf: Vec<u8> = r.body_bytes().await.map_err(|_| {
                                 ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Could not load binary file",
                                     "could not load",
-                                    tag,
+                                    &tag,
                                 )
                             })?;
                             Ok((
                                 None,
                                 Value::binary(buf),
-                                tag,
-                                SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                                Tag {
+                                    anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                    span: tag.span,
+                                },
                             ))
                         }
                         (mime::IMAGE, image_ty) => {
@@ -282,14 +362,16 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Could not load image file",
                                     "could not load",
-                                    tag,
+                                    &tag,
                                 )
                             })?;
                             Ok((
                                 Some(image_ty.to_string()),
                                 Value::binary(buf),
-                                tag,
-                                SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                                Tag {
+                                    anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                    span: tag.span,
+                                },
                             ))
                         }
                         (mime::TEXT, mime::HTML) => Ok((
@@ -298,11 +380,13 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 ShellError::labeled_error(
                                     "Could not load text from remote url",
                                     "could not load",
-                                    tag,
+                                    &tag,
                                 )
                             })?),
-                            tag,
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                            Tag {
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                span: tag.span,
+                            },
                         )),
                         (mime::TEXT, mime::PLAIN) => {
                             let path_extension = url::Url::parse(location)
@@ -322,11 +406,13 @@ pub async fn post(
                                     ShellError::labeled_error(
                                         "Could not load text from remote url",
                                         "could not load",
-                                        tag,
+                                        &tag,
                                     )
                                 })?),
-                                tag,
-                                SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                                Tag {
+                                    anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                    span: tag.span,
+                                },
                             ))
                         }
                         (ty, sub_ty) => Ok((
@@ -335,16 +421,20 @@ pub async fn post(
                                 "Not yet supported MIME type: {} {}",
                                 ty, sub_ty
                             )),
-                            tag,
-                            SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                            Tag {
+                                anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                                span: tag.span,
+                            },
                         )),
                     }
                 }
                 None => Ok((
                     None,
                     Value::string(format!("No content type found")),
-                    tag,
-                    SpanSource::Url(location.to_string()),
+                    Tag {
+                        anchor: Some(AnchorLocation::Url(location.to_string())),
+                        span: tag.span,
+                    },
                 )),
             },
             Err(_) => {

src/commands/prepend.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::parser::CommandRegistry;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct PrependArgs {
+    row: Tagged<Value>,
+}
+
+pub struct Prepend;
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for Prepend {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "prepend"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("prepend").required(
+            "row value",
+            SyntaxShape::Any,
+            "the value of the row to prepend to the table",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Prepend the given row to the front of the table"
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, prepend)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+fn prepend(
+    PrependArgs { row }: PrependArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    let mut prepend: VecDeque<Tagged<Value>> = VecDeque::new();
+    prepend.push_back(row);
+
+    Ok(OutputStream::from_input(prepend.chain(input.values)))
+}

src/commands/reject.rs

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Reject {
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("reject").rest(SyntaxShape::Member)
+        Signature::build("reject").rest(SyntaxShape::Member, "the names of columns to remove")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {

src/commands/rm.rs

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub struct Remove;
 pub struct RemoveArgs {
     pub target: Tagged<PathBuf>,
     pub recursive: Tagged<bool>,
+    pub trash: Tagged<bool>,
 }
 
 impl PerItemCommand for Remove {
@@ -20,12 +21,16 @@ impl PerItemCommand for Remove {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("rm")
-            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Pattern)
-            .switch("recursive")
+            .required("path", SyntaxShape::Pattern, "the file path to remove")
+            .switch(
+                "trash",
+                "use the platform's recycle bin instead of permanently deleting",
+            )
+            .switch("recursive", "delete subdirectories recursively")
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
-        "Remove a file, (for removing directory append '--recursive')"
+        "Remove a file"
     }
 
     fn run(

src/commands/save.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 pub struct Save;
 
 macro_rules! process_string {
-    ($input:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
+    ($scope:tt, $input:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
         let mut result_string = String::new();
         for res in $input {
             match res {
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ macro_rules! process_string {
                     result_string.push_str(&s);
                 }
                 _ => {
-                    yield core::task::Poll::Ready(Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    break $scope Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
                         "Save could not successfully save",
                         "unexpected data during save",
                         $name_tag,
-                    )));
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ macro_rules! process_string {
 }
 
 macro_rules! process_string_return_success {
-    ($result_vec:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
+    ($scope:tt, $result_vec:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
         let mut result_string = String::new();
         for res in $result_vec {
             match res {
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ macro_rules! process_string_return_success {
                     result_string.push_str(&s);
                 }
                 _ => {
-                    yield core::task::Poll::Ready(Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    break $scope Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
                         "Save could not successfully save",
                         "unexpected data during text save",
                         $name_tag,
-                    )));
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ macro_rules! process_string_return_success {
 }
 
 macro_rules! process_binary_return_success {
-    ($result_vec:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
+    ($scope:tt, $result_vec:ident, $name_tag:ident) => {{
         let mut result_binary: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
         for res in $result_vec {
             match res {
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ macro_rules! process_binary_return_success {
                     }
                 }
                 _ => {
-                    yield core::task::Poll::Ready(Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
+                    break $scope Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
                         "Save could not successfully save",
                         "unexpected data during binary save",
                         $name_tag,
-                    )));
+                    ));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Save {
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
         Signature::build("save")
-            .optional("path", SyntaxShape::Path)
-            .switch("raw")
+            .optional("path", SyntaxShape::Path, "the path to save contents to")
+            .switch(
+                "raw",
+                "treat values as-is rather than auto-converting based on file extension",
+            )
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
@@ -119,49 +122,48 @@ fn save(
         input,
         name,
         shell_manager,
-        source_map,
         host,
+        ctrl_c,
         commands: registry,
         ..
     }: RunnableContext,
     raw_args: RawCommandArgs,
 ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let mut full_path = PathBuf::from(shell_manager.path());
-    let name_tag = name;
+    let name_tag = name.clone();
 
-    let source_map = source_map.clone();
-    let stream = async_stream_block! {
+    let stream = async_stream! {
         let input: Vec<Tagged<Value>> = input.values.collect().await;
         if path.is_none() {
-            // If there is no filename, check the metadata for the origin filename
+            // If there is no filename, check the metadata for the anchor filename
             if input.len() > 0 {
-                let origin = input[0].origin();
-                match source_map.get(&origin) {
+                let anchor = input[0].anchor();
+                match anchor {
                     Some(path) => match path {
-                        SpanSource::File(file) => {
-                            full_path.push(Path::new(file));
+                        AnchorLocation::File(file) => {
+                            full_path.push(Path::new(&file));
                         }
                         _ => {
                             yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                                "Save requires a filepath",
+                                "Save requires a filepath (1)",
                                 "needs path",
-                                name_tag,
+                                name_tag.clone(),
                             ));
                         }
                     },
                     None => {
                         yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                            "Save requires a filepath",
+                            "Save requires a filepath (2)",
                             "needs path",
-                            name_tag,
+                            name_tag.clone(),
                         ));
                     }
                 }
             } else {
                 yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(
-                    "Save requires a filepath",
+                    "Save requires a filepath (3)",
                     "needs path",
-                    name_tag,
+                    name_tag.clone(),
                 ));
             }
         } else {
@@ -170,47 +172,51 @@ fn save(
             }
         }
 
-        let content : Result<Vec<u8>, ShellError> = if !save_raw {
-            if let Some(extension) = full_path.extension() {
-                let command_name = format!("to-{}", extension.to_str().unwrap());
-                if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command(&command_name) {
-                    let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
-                        host,
-                        shell_manager,
-                        call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
-                            args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
-                                head: raw_args.call_info.args.head,
-                                positional: None,
-                                named: None
-                            },
-                            source: raw_args.call_info.source,
-                            source_map: raw_args.call_info.source_map,
-                            name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
+        // TODO use label_break_value once it is stable:
+        // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/48594
+        let content : Result<Vec<u8>, ShellError> = 'scope: loop {
+            break if !save_raw {
+                if let Some(extension) = full_path.extension() {
+                    let command_name = format!("to-{}", extension.to_str().unwrap());
+                    if let Some(converter) = registry.get_command(&command_name) {
+                        let new_args = RawCommandArgs {
+                            host,
+                            ctrl_c,
+                            shell_manager,
+                            call_info: UnevaluatedCallInfo {
+                                args: crate::parser::hir::Call {
+                                    head: raw_args.call_info.args.head,
+                                    positional: None,
+                                    named: None
+                                },
+                                source: raw_args.call_info.source,
+                                name_tag: raw_args.call_info.name_tag,
+                            }
+                        };
+                        let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(input), &registry);
+                        let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> = result.drain_vec().await;
+                        if converter.is_binary() {
+                            process_binary_return_success!('scope, result_vec, name_tag)
+                        } else {
+                            process_string_return_success!('scope, result_vec, name_tag)
                         }
-                    };
-                    let mut result = converter.run(new_args.with_input(input), &registry, false);
-                    let result_vec: Vec<Result<ReturnSuccess, ShellError>> = result.drain_vec().await;
-                    if converter.is_binary() {
-                        process_binary_return_success!(result_vec, name_tag)
                     } else {
-                        process_string_return_success!(result_vec, name_tag)
+                        process_string!('scope, input, name_tag)
                     }
                 } else {
-                    process_string!(input, name_tag)
+                    process_string!('scope, input, name_tag)
                 }
             } else {
-                process_string!(input, name_tag)
-            }
-        } else {
-            Ok(string_from(&input).into_bytes())
+                Ok(string_from(&input).into_bytes())
+            };
         };
 
         match content {
             Ok(save_data) => match std::fs::write(full_path, save_data) {
                 Ok(o) => o,
-                Err(e) => yield Err(ShellError::string(e.to_string())),
+                Err(e) => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(e.to_string(), "for command", name)),
             },
-            Err(e) => yield Err(ShellError::string(e.to_string())),
+            Err(e) => yield Err(ShellError::labeled_error(e.to_string(), "for command", name)),
         }
 
     };

src/commands/shells.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
 use crate::data::TaggedDictBuilder;
 use crate::errors::ShellError;
 use crate::prelude::*;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 pub struct Shells;
 
@@ -32,14 +33,14 @@ fn shells(args: CommandArgs, _registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStream
     let tag = args.call_info.name_tag;
 
     for (index, shell) in args.shell_manager.shells.lock().unwrap().iter().enumerate() {
-        let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(tag);
+        let mut dict = TaggedDictBuilder::new(&tag);
 
-        if index == args.shell_manager.current_shell {
+        if index == (*args.shell_manager.current_shell).load(Ordering::SeqCst) {
             dict.insert(" ", "X".to_string());
         } else {
             dict.insert(" ", " ".to_string());
         }
-        dict.insert("name", shell.name(&args.call_info.source_map));
+        dict.insert("name", shell.name());
         dict.insert("path", shell.path());
 
         shells_out.push_back(dict.into_tagged_value());