nushell/docs/commands/flatten.md

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---
title: flatten
layout: command
version: 0.59.0
---
Flatten the table.
## Signature
```> flatten ...rest```
## Parameters
- `...rest`: optionally flatten data by column
## Examples
flatten a table
```shell
> [[N, u, s, h, e, l, l]] | flatten
```
flatten a table, get the first item
```shell
> [[N, u, s, h, e, l, l]] | flatten | first
```
flatten a column having a nested table
```shell
> [[origin, people]; [Ecuador, ([[name, meal]; ['Andres', 'arepa']])]] | flatten | get meal
```
restrict the flattening by passing column names
```shell
> [[origin, crate, versions]; [World, ([[name]; ['nu-cli']]), ['0.21', '0.22']]] | flatten versions | last | get versions
```
Flatten inner table
```shell
> { a: b, d: [ 1 2 3 4 ], e: [ 4 3 ] } | flatten
```