explore
Explore is a table pager, just like less
but for table structured data.
Signature
> explore --head --index --reverse --peek
Parameters
--head {boolean}
: turn off column headers--index
: show row indexes (by default it's not showed)--reverse
: start from the last row--peek
: returns a last used value, so it can be used in next pipelines
Get Started
ls | explore -i
So the main point of explore
is :table
(Which you see on the above screenshot).
You can interact with it via <Left>
, <Right>
, <Up>
, <Down>
arrow keys.
You can inspect a underlying values by entering into cursor mode. You can press either <i>
or <Enter>
to do so.
Then using arrow keys you can choose a necessary cell.
And you'll be able to see it's underlying structure.
You can obtain more information about the various aspects of it by :help
.
Commands
explore
has a list of built in commands you can use. Commands are run through pressing <:>
and then a command name.
To find out the comprehensive list of commands you can type :help
.
Config
You can configure many things (including styles and colors), via config.
You can find an example configuration in default-config.nu
.
Examples
Peeking a value
$nu | explore --peek
:try
command
There's an interactive environment which you can use to navigate through data using nu
.
Keeping the chosen value by $nu
Remember you can combine it with --peek
.