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Expand Up @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ $env.Path = ($env.Path | prepend 'C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin')
| `command \| head -5` | `command \| first 5` | Limit the output to the first 5 rows of an internal command (see also `last` and `skip`) |
| `cat <path>` | `open --raw <path>` | Display the contents of the given file |
| | `open <path>` | Read a file as structured data |
| `cat <(<command1>) <(<command2>)` | `[(command1), (command2)] \| str join` | Concatenate the outputs of command1 and command2 |
| `cat <path> <(<command>)` | `[(open --raw <path>), (command)] \| str join` | Concatenate the contents of the given file and output of command |
| `mv <source> <dest>` | `mv <source> <dest>` | Move file to new location |
| `for f in *.md; do echo $f; done` | `ls *.md \| each { $in.name }` | Iterate over a list and return results |
| `for i in $(seq 1 10); do echo $i; done` | `for i in 1..10 { print $i }` | Iterate over a list and run a command on results |
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