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# This week in Nu #50

- JosephTLyons fixed [histogram example](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2271), renamed [-f to -l in `ls` and `ps`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2283), did some [internals cleanup](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2290)
- jonathandturner removed [build.rs pre-build steps](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2282), added [--partial to `to html`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2291), added support for [`do -i` to also redirect stderr](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2309), added [more columns to `ls` in demo](https://github.com/nushell/demo/pull/55)
- thegedge updated the first parsing stage to [return partial results](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2284)
- jzaefferer updated the [docs for alias](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2285), added a [ribbon and WIP note to demo](https://github.com/nushell/demo/pull/48), optionally [pivot table on overflow in demo](https://github.com/nushell/demo/pull/49), added a [loading indicator for the demo](https://github.com/nushell/demo/pull/50), switched demo to using [`to html --partial`](https://github.com/nushell/demo/pull/54), added [link to demo and fixed link to blog on main site](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/57), copied [CONTRIBUTING info to main site](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/56)
- coolshaurya updated `str collect` to take [an optional separator](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2289)
- bailey-layzer added [the `reduce` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2292)
- kornelski moved Nu to use [the supported app-dirs crate](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2293)
- k-brk added [`str contains` and `str index-of`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2298)
- andrasio did an [overhaul of how data reporting works internally](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2299), added support for [regular values in `histograms`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2300), added [samping support for variance and standard deviation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2310)
- nmandery added support for [parsing many more date formats](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2303)
- fdncred updated the [rustyline default configuration](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2305)
- candostdagdeviren added links for [`Tagged<Value>` and `ShellError` in the docs](https://github.com/nushell/contributor-book/pull/27)
- homburg added comparison of [Nushell and Bash output to the book](https://github.com/nushell/book/pull/118)

RFCs:

- jonathandturner proposed a new [data representationt to replace the current Row/Table model](https://github.com/nushell/rfcs/pull/3)

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Title: Nu Shell Updates - Week #50
Summary
This week's Nu Shell updates include fixes, new features, and documentation improvements. Highlights include updates to the `ls` and `ps` commands, the addition of `--partial` flag to `to html`, support for stderr redirection with `do -i`, a new `reduce` command, `str contains` and `str index-of` commands, and improvements to data reporting and date parsing. Also, a new RFC proposes a new data representation model.