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how to redirect stdout to a file in NuShell?
how to redirect some command output to a file in NuShell?
In zsh/bash we can redirect output of ls command to a file as below
ls > fileList.txt
how can we do the same in NuShell?
Robert Ranjan
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Colored text to the console
How can I echo colored text to the console?
In Powershell I can do this:
write-host _info_ -fore Yellow -Back Blue
write-host _error_ -fore Yellow -Back Red
write-host _warning_ -fore White -Back DarkYellow
write-host _succes_ -fore Yellow …
Alejandro Bermúdez
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get-credential/export-clixml/import-clixml equivalents in nushell
I frequently use in powershell this command to store credentials (user and password) in a secure way (password encrypted):
get-credential | export-clixml mycredentials.xml
and to recover my credentials, I can use:
$cred=import-clixml…
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Why does using a variable as a function parameter cause a type mismatch error in a later function call?
def make-list [val?: string] {
["f1" "f2"]
}
def use-list [list: list] {
$list | each { |it| $it + "!" }
}
let $val = "abc"
let $l = (make-list $val)
use-list $l
In this code, I have two functions, one to make a list, and another to…
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How do you make the nushell prompt text not wrap?
I have just started experimenting with NuShell, and I am wondering how to fix this issue. With my prompt config set as
prompt = "build-string (ansi y) (date format '%I:%M:%S') (ansi reset) ' ' (ansi g) (whoami) '@' (hostname) (ansi reset) ' ' (ansi…
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Clang can't find .o files when linking in nushell compilation script
I am currently trying to write a build script for a c++ project in Nushell.
It's a fairly simple setup, with a library that is built first and then and exe that is build in an other script and linked agaisnt the library. My problem is more obvious…
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