diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index d36d51f67f..1fe5d90ec3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context() -> Rc<RefCell<EngineState>> {
             Ps,
             Rm,
             Select,
+            Size,
             Split,
             SplitChars,
             SplitColumn,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/mod.rs
index d3df18f05a..bbb78a24d7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 mod build_string;
+mod size;
 mod split;
 
 pub use build_string::BuildString;
+pub use size::Size;
 pub use split::*;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/size.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/size.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e3267276b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/size.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+extern crate unicode_segmentation;
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+// use indexmap::indexmap;
+use unicode_segmentation::UnicodeSegmentation;
+
+use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EvaluationContext};
+use nu_protocol::{Example, ShellError, Signature, Span, Spanned, Type, Value};
+
+pub struct Size;
+
+impl Command for Size {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "size"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("size")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Gather word count statistics on the text."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        context: &EvaluationContext,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: Value,
+    ) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+        size(context, call, input)
+    }
+
+    // fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
+    //     vec![
+    //         Example {
+    //             description: "Count the number of words in a string",
+    //             example: r#"echo "There are seven words in this sentence" | size"#,
+    //             result: Some(vec![Value::row(indexmap! {
+    //                     "lines".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(0).into(),
+    //                     "words".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(7).into(),
+    //                     "chars".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(38).into(),
+    //                     "bytes".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(38).into(),
+    //             })
+    //             .into()]),
+    //         },
+    //         Example {
+    //             description: "Counts Unicode characters correctly in a string",
+    //             example: r#"echo "Amélie Amelie" | size"#,
+    //             result: Some(vec![UntaggedValue::row(indexmap! {
+    //                     "lines".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(0).into(),
+    //                     "words".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(2).into(),
+    //                     "chars".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(13).into(),
+    //                     "bytes".to_string() => UntaggedValue::int(15).into(),
+    //             })
+    //             .into()]),
+    //         },
+    //     ]
+    // }
+}
+
+fn size(_context: &EvaluationContext, call: &Call, input: Value) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+    let span = call.head;
+    input.map(span, move |v| match v.as_string() {
+        Ok(s) => count(&s, span),
+        Err(_) => Value::Error {
+            error: ShellError::PipelineMismatch {
+                expected: Type::String,
+                expected_span: span,
+                origin: span,
+            },
+        },
+    })
+}
+
+fn count(contents: &str, span: Span) -> Value {
+    let mut lines: i64 = 0;
+    let mut words: i64 = 0;
+    let mut chars: i64 = 0;
+    let bytes = contents.len() as i64;
+    let mut end_of_word = true;
+
+    for c in UnicodeSegmentation::graphemes(contents, true) {
+        chars += 1;
+
+        match c {
+            "\n" => {
+                lines += 1;
+                end_of_word = true;
+            }
+            " " => end_of_word = true,
+            _ => {
+                if end_of_word {
+                    words += 1;
+                }
+                end_of_word = false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let mut item: HashMap<String, Value> = HashMap::new();
+    item.insert("lines".to_string(), Value::Int { val: lines, span });
+    item.insert("words".to_string(), Value::Int { val: words, span });
+    item.insert("chars".to_string(), Value::Int { val: chars, span });
+    item.insert("bytes".to_string(), Value::Int { val: bytes, span });
+
+    Value::from(Spanned { item, span })
+}
+
+// #[cfg(test)]
+// mod tests {
+//     use super::ShellError;
+//     use super::Size;
+
+//     #[test]
+//     fn examples_work_as_expected() -> Result<(), ShellError> {
+//         use crate::examples::test as test_examples;
+
+//         test_examples(Size {})
+//     }
+// }