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# This week in Nushell #106

## Nushell

- andrasio [allowed knowing the command name tag given no input.](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3988), and added the ability to [create errors from tables](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3986)
- lily-mara [added subcommand `into filesize`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3987)
- jt [noved sys, ps, fetch, post to internal commands](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3983)
- fdncred [added a few more chars and abbreviations to `char`](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3975), and [added more escapes to support ansi art](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3973)
- aminya created [feat: spawn the executables directly if possible](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3974)
- Marwes [removed duplicate dependencies](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3961)
- kubouch created [nu-path crate refactor](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/pull/3730)

## Extension

- fdncred [updated to try and find nushell so it can be used as a terminal](https://github.com/nushell/vscode-nushell-lang/pull/39)

## Documentation

- filaretov [documented removing environment variables](https://github.com/nushell/nushell.github.io/pull/190)

## Nu_Scripts

- fdncred [added username/password as env vars so that we don't hit rate limit](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/96), and [added a nyancat script](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/95), and [readd maintainer time](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/94), and [updated maintainer_time.nu](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/92)
- andrasio created [Infrastructure initial setup.](https://github.com/nushell/nu_scripts/pull/93)
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Title: Nushell Updates - Week #106
Summary
This week's Nushell updates include improvements to the core Nushell functionality, such as allowing command name tags, creating errors from tables, adding a `filesize` subcommand, and converting several commands to internal ones. There were also updates to character and escape support, dependency management, and path refactoring. The VS Code extension was updated to find and use Nushell as a terminal. Documentation was added for removing environment variables. Nu_Scripts saw updates including adding environment variables for usernames/passwords, a nyancat script, and updates to maintainer time scripts.