---
title: from vcf
categories: |
  formats
version: 0.104.0
formats: |
  Parse text as .vcf and create table.
usage: |
  Parse text as .vcf and create table.
editLink: false
contributors: false
---
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# `from vcf` for [formats](/commands/categories/formats.md)

<div class='command-title'>Parse text as .vcf and create table.</div>

::: warning This command requires a plugin
The `from vcf` command resides in the `formats` plugin.
To use this command, you must install and register `nu_plugin_formats`.
See the [Plugins](/book/plugins.html) chapter in the book for more information.
:::


## Signature

```> from vcf {flags} ```


## Input/output types:

| input  | output |
| ------ | ------ |
| string | table  |
## Examples

Converts ics formatted string to table
```nu
> 'BEGIN:VCARD
N:Foo
FN:Bar
EMAIL:foo@bar.com
END:VCARD' | from vcf
╭───┬──────────────────────────────────────╮
│ # │              properties              │
├───┼──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 0 │ ╭───┬───────┬─────────────┬────────╮ │
│   │ │ # │ name  │    value    │ params │ │
│   │ ├───┼───────┼─────────────┼────────┤ │
│   │ │ 0 │ N     │ Foo         │        │ │
│   │ │ 1 │ FN    │ Bar         │        │ │
│   │ │ 2 │ EMAIL │ foo@bar.com │        │ │
│   │ ╰───┴───────┴─────────────┴────────╯ │
╰───┴──────────────────────────────────────╯

```