nushell/docs/commands/compact.md

title	layout	version
compact	command	0.59.1

Creates a table with non-empty rows.

Signature

> compact ...columns

Parameters

• ...columns: the columns to compact from the table

Examples

Filter out all records where 'Hello' is null (returns nothing)

> echo [["Hello" "World"]; [$nothing 3]]| compact Hello

Filter out all records where 'World' is null (Returns the table)

> echo [["Hello" "World"]; [$nothing 3]]| compact World

Filter out all instances of nothing from a list (Returns [1,2])

> echo [1, $nothing, 2] | compact