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# This week in Nu #75

## New

- We now have a place you can [share your Nushell scripts with others](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts)

## Docs

- ibraheemdev added the [command reference to the book](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/86)
- richardpark-msft fixed a [typo in the documentation](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/87)
- jonathandturner refreshed the [command reference with the latest docs](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/91), added a new [animated gif showing off Nushell](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2971)

## Code

- jonathandturner added [rest support to blocks](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2962), added erroring on [bad rows in column paths](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2964), fixed a bug in the [units of `ps` and `sys`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2967), released [0.26.0](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2974)
- fdncred fixed the [signature for the `char` command](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2963), added [multi-byte support for padding](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2973), added more [modulo operations](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2975), added [pow operator](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2976), allowed more [types to be converted to strings](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2977)
- andrasio improve [internal implementations for `str` commands](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2965)
- LhKipp added [support for optional parameters and switches to the parser](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2966)
- JosephTLyons improved [some of our test assertions](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2969), removed [unnecessary clones](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/2970)
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Title: Nushell Updates: Script Sharing, Documentation Improvements, and Code Enhancements (Week #75)
Summary
Nushell weekly update includes a new platform for sharing scripts, documentation updates (command reference, typo fixes, animated GIF), and code improvements such as rest support for blocks, error handling in column paths, bug fixes in 'ps' and 'sys' units, updated 'char' command signature, multi-byte padding support, modulo operations, pow operator, type conversions to strings, 'str' command implementation improvements, parser support for optional parameters/switches, and test assertion improvements. Version 0.26.0 was also released.