Nu map from other shells and domain specific languages

The idea behind this table is to help you understand how Nu builtins and plugins relate to other known shells and domain specific languages. We’ve tried to produce a map of relevant Nu commands and what their equivalents are in other languages. Contributions are welcome.

Nushell	SQL	.Net LINQ (C#)	PowerShell (without external modules)	Bash
alias			Set-Alias	alias
append		Append	-Append
math avg	avg	Average	Measure-Object -Average
Operators and math	Math operators	Aggregate, Average, Count, Max, Min, Sum	Measure-Object -Sum	bc
cd			Set-Location, cd	cd
clear Ctrl/⌘+L			Clear-Host Ctrl/⌘+L	clear Ctrl/⌘+L
config $nu.default-config-dir			$Profile	~/.bashrc, ~/.profile
cp			Copy-Item, cp, copy	cp
date	NOW(), getdate()	DateTime class	Get-Date	date
du ls --du			Get-ChildItem -File -Recurse -Force | Measure-Object Length -Sum	du
each	Cursors		ForEach-Object, foreach, for	for
exit Ctrl/⌘+D			exit Ctrl/⌘+D	exit Ctrl/⌘+D
http		HttpClient, WebClient, HttpWebRequest/Response	Invoke-WebRequest	wget, curl
first	top, limit	First, FirstOrDefault	Select-Object -First	head
format, str		String.Format	<format> -f <values>	printf
from	import flatfile, openjson, cast(variable as xml)		Import/ConvertFrom-{Csv,Xml,Html,Json}
get		Select	command | ForEach-Object <name>
group-by	group by	GroupBy, group	Group-Object, group
help	sp_help		Get-Help, help, man	man
history			Get-History, history	history
is-empty	is null	String.IsNullOrEmpty	[string]::IsNullOrEmpty
kill			Stop-Process, kill	kill
last		Last, LastOrDefault	Select-Object -Last	tail
str stats length str length	count	Count	Measure-Object, measure	wc
lines		File.ReadAllLines	Get-Content
ls			Get-ChildItem, dir, ls	ls
mkdir			mkdir, md, New-Item -ItemType Directory	mkdir
mv			Move-Item, mv, move, mi	mv
open			Get-Content, gc, cat, type	cat
print	print, union all		Write-Output, write	echo, print
transpose	pivot
ps			Get-Process, ps, gps	ps
pwd			Get-Location, pwd	pwd
range		Range	1..10, 'a'..'f'
reduce		Aggregate
rename			Rename-Item, ren, rni	mv
reverse		Reverse	[Array]::Reverse($var)
rm			Remove-Item, del, erase, rd, ri, rm, rmdir	rm
save			Out-File, > foo.txt	> foo.txt
select	select	Select	Select-Object, select
shuffle		Random	Sort-Object {Get-Random}
skip	where row_number()	Skip	Select-Object -Skip
skip until		SkipWhile
skip while		SkipWhile
slice	limit x offset y, rownumber	ElementAt	[x], indexing operator, ElementAt, Select-Object -Index
sort-by	order by	OrderBy, OrderByDescending, ThenBy, ThenByDescending	Sort-Object, sort	sort
str	String functions	String class	String class
str join	concat_ws	Join	Join-String, <list> -join <sep>
str trim	rtrim, ltrim	Trim, TrimStart, TrimEnd	Trim
math sum	“sum`	Sum	Measure-Object, measure
uname sys host			Get-ComputerInfo	uname
sys disks			Get-Disk, Get-Partition, Get-Volume etc	lsblk
sys mem			Get-ComputerInfo	free
table			Format-Table, ft, Format-List, fl
take	top, limit	Take	Select-Object -First	head
take until		TakeWhile
take while		TakeWhile
timeit			Measure-Command	time
to			Export/ConvertTo-{Csv,Xml,Html,Json}
touch			New-Item	touch
uniq	distinct	Distinct	Get-Unique, Sort-Object -Unique	uniq
update
upsert
version	select @@version		$PSVersionTable
$env.FOO = "bar" with-env			$env:FOO = 'bar'	export FOO "bar"
where	where	Where	Where-Object, where, ?
which			Get-Command	which

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