---
title: explore
categories: |
  viewers
version: 0.104.0
viewers: |
  Explore acts as a table pager, just like `less` does for text.
usage: |
  Explore acts as a table pager, just like `less` does for text.
editLink: false
contributors: false
---
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# `explore` for [viewers](/commands/categories/viewers.md)

<div class='command-title'>Explore acts as a table pager, just like `less` does for text.</div>

## Signature

```> explore {flags} ```

## Flags

 -  `--head {bool}`: Show or hide column headers (default true)
 -  `--index, -i`: Show row indexes when viewing a list
 -  `--tail, -t`: Start with the viewport scrolled to the bottom
 -  `--peek, -p`: When quitting, output the value of the cell the cursor was on


## Input/output types:

| input | output |
| ----- | ------ |
| any   | any    |
## Examples

Explore the system host information record
```nu
> sys host | explore

```

Explore the output of `ls` without column names
```nu
> ls | explore --head false

```

Explore a list of Markdown files' contents, with row indexes
```nu
> glob *.md | each {|| open } | explore --index

```

Explore a JSON file, then save the last visited sub-structure to a file
```nu
> open file.json | explore --peek | to json | save part.json

```

## Notes
Press `:` then `h` to get a help menu.