nushell/docs/commands/headers.md

---
title: headers
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---

Use the first row of the table as column names.

## Signature

```> headers ```

## Examples

Returns headers from table
```shell
> "a b c|1 2 3" | split row "|" | split column " " | headers
```

Don't panic on rows with different headers
```shell
> "a b c|1 2 3|1 2 3 4" | split row "|" | split column " " | headers
```