external commands get formatted tables
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Description
Describe the bug
consider the pipeline,
ps | each {$"/local/ps/($in.name)|u64|($in.pid)"} | ^cat
One would expect cat to receive lines in the form
/local/ps/{name-of-process}|u64|{pid-of-process}
Instead, nushell formats the table as if it was going to show it to a human, and then sends it on to cat. E.G.
/home/eric/proj/demoscene/views〉ps | each {$"/local/ps/($in.name)|u64|($in.pid)"} | ^head
╭─────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ 0 │ /local/ps//usr/lib/systemd/systemd|u64|1 │
│ 1 │ /local/ps/kthreadd|u64|2 │
│ 2 │ /local/ps/rcu_gp|u64|3 │
│ 3 │ /local/ps/rcu_par_gp|u64|4 │
│ 4 │ /local/ps/netns|u64|5 │
│ 5 │ /local/ps/kworker/0:0H-events_highpri|u64|7 │
│ 6 │ /local/ps/mm_percpu_wq|u64|9 │
│ 7 │ /local/ps/rcu_tasks_kthread|u64|10 │
│ 8 │ /local/ps/rcu_tasks_rude_kthread|u64|11 │
This is pretty much entirely useless for interacting with any external command I can think of.
How to reproduce
- pipe anything non trivial to an external command
Expected behavior
For a simple list of strings I expect each string to be sent to the external command as 1 line. To be honest, given that primitive, and the already ample string manipulation functions in nushell, you should be able to do most anything.
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Research direction
Reproduce the pipeline shown in the issue, especially piping a list of strings to an external command such as ^head or ^cat. Trace the external-command boundary and determine where structured values are formatted; done means simple string lists reach the command as one unformatted line per item.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100