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describe for core

Describe the type and structure of the value(s) piped in.

Signature

> describe {flags}

Flags

  • --no-collect, -n: do not collect streams of structured data

Input/output types:

input output
any string

Examples

Describe the type of a string

>'hello'|describe
string

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