nushell/docs/commands/first.md

title	layout	version
first	command	0.59.1

Show only the first number of rows.

Signature

> first (rows)

Parameters

• rows: starting from the front, the number of rows to return

Examples

Return the first item of a list/table

> [1 2 3] | first

Return the first 2 items of a list/table

> [1 2 3] | first 2