With external commands you might have to collect the output of the program before doing any sort of manipulation. I’ve been got by this before too; the fix is simple (for me at least). `external.exe | collect | from json` et voila

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orthoxerox 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

This doesn't look like a pit of success design.

	▲	jknutson 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well, every shell has its quirks and gotchas. I’ve found nushell’s to be the least intrusive and most workable thus far.