Documentation for the `into string` command in Nushell

--- title: into string categories: | conversions version: 0.104.0 conversions: | Convert value to string. usage: | Convert value to string. editLink: false contributors: false ---  # `into string` for [conversions](/commands/categories/conversions.md) <div class='command-title'>Convert value to string.</div> ## Signature ```> into string {flags} ...rest``` ## Flags - `--group-digits, -g`: group digits together by the locale specific thousands separator - `--decimals, -d {int}`: decimal digits to which to round ## Parameters - `...rest`: For a data structure input, convert data at the given cell paths. ## Input/output types: | input | output | | --------- | ------------ | | binary | string | | bool | string | | datetime | string | | duration | string | | filesize | string | | glob | string | | int | string | | list\<any\> | list\<string\> | | number | string | | range | string | | record | record | | string | string | | table | table | ## Examples convert int to string and append three decimal places ```nu > 5 | into string --decimals 3 5.000 ``` convert float to string and round to nearest integer ```nu > 1.7 | into string --decimals 0 2 ``` convert float to string ```nu > 1.7 | into string --decimals 1 1.7 ``` convert float to string and limit to 2 decimals ```nu > 1.734 | into string --decimals 2 1.73 ``` convert float to string ```nu > 4.3 | into string 4.3 ``` convert string to string ```nu > '1234' | into string 1234 ``` convert boolean to string ```nu > true | into string true ``` convert date to string ```nu > '2020-10-10 10:00:00 +02:00' | into datetime | into string Sat Oct 10 10:00:00 2020 ``` convert filepath to string ```nu > ls Cargo.toml | get name | into string ``` convert filesize to string ```nu > 1kB | into string 1.0 kB ``` convert duration to string ```nu > 9day | into string 1wk 2day ```

This document describes the `into string` command in Nushell, which converts various data types into strings. It details the command's signature, flags (like `--group-digits` and `--decimals`), input/output types, and provides usage examples for converting integers, floats, booleans, datetimes, filepaths, filesizes, and durations into strings.