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complete for system

Capture the outputs and exit code from an external piped in command in a nushell table.

Signature

> complete {flags}

Input/output types:

input output
any record

Examples

Run the external command to completion, capturing stdout and exit_code

> ^externalarg1|complete

Run external command to completion, capturing, stdout, stderr and exit_code

>do { ^externalarg1 } |complete

Notes

In order to capture stdout, stderr, and exit_code, externally piped in commands need to be wrapped with do

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