diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
index 8aadb5a029..0ceb02a5a9 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/char_.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ lazy_static! {
         "newline" => '\n'.to_string(),
         "enter" => '\n'.to_string(),
         "nl" => '\n'.to_string(),
+        "line_feed" => '\n'.to_string(),
+        "lf" => '\n'.to_string(),
+        "carriage_return" => '\r'.to_string(),
+        "cr" => '\r'.to_string(),
+        "crlf" => "\r\n".to_string(),
         "tab" => '\t'.to_string(),
         "sp" => ' '.to_string(),
         "space" => ' '.to_string(),