Nu Shell Development Update: New Commands, Fuzzy History Search, and Bug Fixes

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# This week in Nu #4

A few new commands and more polish this week and a surprise contribution of sublime-style fuzzy history searching.

- Added a new `env` command to display environment variables and important paths ([#675](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/675))
- pka added a sublime-style fuzzy history search ([#672](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/672))
- pka also added support for displaying the history and config paths to `env` ([#690](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/690), [#691](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/691))
- Replaced the `vtable` command with the new `pivot` command ([#678](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/678))
- Added support for urlencode/urldecode ([#685](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/685))
- wycats moved more internals to use metadata tags ([#668](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/668))
- Thanks to those who filed issues: tlightsky, larsch, and jankoprowski
- Lots of bugfixes

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Title: Nu Shell Development Update: New Commands, Fuzzy History Search, and Bug Fixes

Summary

This week's Nu development update includes the addition of a new `env` command, a sublime-style fuzzy history search, support for urlencode/urldecode, and the replacement of the `vtable` command with `pivot`. Internal improvements and bug fixes were also implemented.