| `> <path>` | `out> <path>` or `o> <path>` | Save command output to a file |
| | `\| save <path>` | Save command output to a file as structured data |
| `>> <path>` | `out>> <path>` or `o>> <path>` | Append command output to a file |
| | `\| save --append <path>` | Append command output to a file as structured data |
| `> /dev/null` | `\| ignore` | Discard command output |
| `> /dev/null 2>&1` | `out+err>\| ignore` or `o+e>\| ignore` | Discard command output, including stderr |
| `command 2>&1 \| less` | `command out+err>\| less` or `command o+e>\| less` | Pipe stdout and stderr of an external command into less (NOTE: use [explore](explore.html) for paging output of internal commands) |
| `cmd1 \| tee log.txt \| cmd2` | `cmd1 \| tee { save log.txt } \| cmd2` | Tee command output to a log file |
| `command \| head -5` | `command \| first 5` | Limit the output to the first 5 rows of an internal command (see also `last` and `skip`) |
| `cat <path>` | `open --raw <path>` | Display the contents of the given file |
| | `open <path>` | Read a file as structured data |
| `mv <source> <dest>` | `mv <source> <dest>` | Move file to new location |
| `for f in *.md; do echo $f; done` | `ls *.md \| each { $in.name }` | Iterate over a list and return results |
| `for i in $(seq 1 10); do echo $i; done` | `for i in 1..10 { print $i }` | Iterate over a list and run a command on results |
| `cp <source> <dest>` | `cp <source> <dest>` | Copy file to new location |
| `cp -r <source> <dest>` | `cp -r <source> <dest>` | Copy directory to a new location, recursively |
| `rm <path>` | `rm <path>` | Remove the given file |
| | `rm -t <path>` | Move the given file to the system trash |
| `rm -rf <path>` | `rm -r <path>` | Recursively removes the given path |
| `date -d <date>` | `"<date>" \| into datetime -f <format>` | Parse a date ([format documentation](https://docs.rs/chrono/0.4.15/chrono/format/strftime/index.html)) |
| `sed` | `str replace` | Find and replace a pattern in a string |
| `grep <pattern>` | `where $it =~ <substring>` or `find <substring>` | Filter strings that contain the substring |
| `man <command>` | `help <command>` | Get the help for a given command |