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`into binary` for conversions

Convert value to a binary primitive.

Signature

> into binary {flags} ...rest

Flags

--compact, -c: output without padding zeros

Parameters

...rest: for a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths

Input/output types:

input	output
binary	binary
bool	binary
datetime	binary
filesize	binary
int	binary
number	binary
record	record
string	binary
table	table

Examples

convert string to a nushell binary primitive

>'This is a string that is exactly 52 characters long.'|into binary
Length:52 (0x34) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:54686973206973206120737472696e67Thisisastring
00000010:20746861742069732065786163746c79thatisexactly
00000020:2035322063686172616374657273206c52charactersl
00000030:6f6e672eong.

convert a number to a nushell binary primitive

>1|into binary
Length:8 (0x8) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:0100000000000000•0000000

convert a boolean to a nushell binary primitive

>true|into binary
Length:8 (0x8) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:0100000000000000•0000000

convert a filesize to a nushell binary primitive

>ls|wherename==LICENSE|getsize|into binary

convert a filepath to a nushell binary primitive

>ls|wherename==LICENSE|getname|path expand|into binary

convert a float to a nushell binary primitive

>1.234|into binary
Length:8 (0x8) bytes|printablewhitespaceascii_othernon_ascii
00000000:5839b4c876bef33fX9××v××?

convert an integer to a nushell binary primitive with compact enabled