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# This week in Nushell #101

## Nushell

- fdncred [fixed interpolated strings when using unicode](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3866), [added performance metrics for measuring startup time](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3854), and [added the ability to compare time units like `1hr < 2hr`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3845), and [change describe so it doesn't output colored strings](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3832)
- jt [fixed clippy lint and disable broken lint](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3865), [added named positionals to all](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3863), and [bumped to 0.34.1](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3835)
- elferherrera improved [the existing dataframe support to handle more data types](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3864), [removed dependencies](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3853), added [append dataframes](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3839), and further [extended dataframe support](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3812)
- efx [documented no openssl building](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3862)
- realcundo [fixed select to insert nulls in sparse tables instead of ignoring absent values](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3857), [improved md5 and sha256 code](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3841), and [added sha256 to the hash command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3836)
- therealprof [unified use of the `surf` crate](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3855)
- margguo [updated implementing_a_command.md](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3848)
- zkat [switched to using chrono_humanize for datetime formatting](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3834), and [added `date humanize` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3833)
- nathom [fixed wrong path separator](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3829)
- kubouch added [support for other variables than PATH in pathvar (2nd attempt)](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3828)
- jafriyie1 [added parse fix for power operator error on negative integers and de…](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3821)
- soumil-07 added the [ability to read from standard input in `rm`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3763)

## Documentation

- prrao87 [fixed typos + minor style changes](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/176)
- yaahc [updated book mentions of edit_mode to use proper path](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/175)

## Wasm

- jt updated the wasm demo to the latest

## Nu_Scripts

- naefl [updated script for Windows compat](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/80), and [added fuzzy commands](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/79)
- zkat created [readme for with_externals](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/78), [added parse dates into datetimes](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/77), and [added loc.nu](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/76)

Title: Nushell Updates - Week #101
Summary
This is a summary of the changes and updates to Nushell, its documentation, Wasm demo, and Nu_Scripts for week #101. Key updates include fixes for interpolated strings and path separators, improvements to dataframe support, the addition of named positionals to all commands, and the ability to compare time units. There were also improvements made to the md5 and sha256 code, and the addition of a `date humanize` command.