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In interactive mode, when a pipeline ends, the [`display_output` hook configuration](https://www.nushell.sh/book/hooks.html#changing-how-output-is-displayed) defines how the result will be displayed.
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The default configuration uses the [`table` command](/commands/docs/table.md) to render structured data as a visual table.
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The following example shows how the `display_output` hook can render
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- an expanded table with `table -e`
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- an unexpanded table with `table`
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- an empty closure `{||}` and empty string `''` lead to simple output
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-`null` can be assigned to clear any customization, reverting back to default behavior
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```nu
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$env.config.hooks.display_output = { table -e }
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[1,2,3,[4,5,6]]
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# => ╭───┬───────────╮
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# => │ 0 │ 1 │
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# => │ 1 │ 2 │
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# => │ 2 │ 3 │
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# => │ 3 │ ╭───┬───╮ │
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# => │ │ │ 0 │ 4 │ │
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# => │ │ │ 1 │ 5 │ │
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# => │ │ │ 2 │ 6 │ │
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# => │ │ ╰───┴───╯ │
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# => ╰───┴───────────╯
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$env.config.hooks.display_output = { table }
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[1,2,3,[4,5,6]]
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# => ╭───┬────────────────╮
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# => │ 0 │ 1 │
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# => │ 1 │ 2 │
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# => │ 2 │ 3 │
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# => │ 3 │ [list 3 items] │
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# => ╰───┴────────────────╯
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$env.config.hooks.display_output = {||}
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[1,2,3,[4,5,6]]
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# => 1
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# => 2
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# => 3
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# => [4
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# => 5
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# => 6]
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$env.config.hooks.display_output = ''
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[1,2,3,[4,5,6]]
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# => 1
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# => 2
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# => 3
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# => [4
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# => 5
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# => 6]
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# clear to default behavior
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$env.config.hooks.display_output = null
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[1,2,3,[4,5,6]]
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# => ╭───┬────────────────╮
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# => │ 0 │ 1 │
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# => │ 1 │ 2 │
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# => │ 2 │ 3 │
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# => │ 3 │ [list 3 items] │
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# => ╰───┴────────────────╯
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```
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## Output Result to External Commands
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Sometimes you want to output Nushell structured data to an external command for further processing. However, Nushell's default formatting options for structured data may not be what you want.
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