diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/bench/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/bench/mod.nu
index 61baa21a2f..25994ded58 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/bench/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/bench/mod.nu
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ export def main [
     --verbose (-v) # be more verbose (namely prints the progress)
     --pretty # shows the results in human-readable format: "<mean> +/- <stddev>"
 ] {
-    let times = (
+    let times: list<duration> = (
         seq 1 $rounds | each {|i|
             if $verbose { print -n $"($i) / ($rounds)\r" }
-            timeit { do $code } | into int | into float
+            timeit { do $code }
         }
     )
 
     if $verbose { print $"($rounds) / ($rounds)" }
 
     let report = {
-        mean: ($times | math avg | from ns)
-        min: ($times | math min | from ns)
-        max: ($times | math max | from ns)
-        std: ($times | math stddev | from ns)
-        times: ($times | each { from ns })
+        mean: ($times | math avg)
+        min: ($times | math min)
+        max: ($times | math max)
+        std: ($times | into int | math stddev | into int | into duration)
+        times: ($times)
     }
 
     if $pretty {
@@ -64,8 +64,3 @@ export def main [
         $report
     }
 }
-
-# convert an integer amount of nanoseconds to a real duration
-def "from ns" [] {
-    [$in "ns"] | str join | into duration
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/iter/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/iter/mod.nu
index daa62d2dba..ca0aaafa4d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/iter/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/iter/mod.nu
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #
 # let haystack = ["shell", "abc", "around", "nushell", "std"] 
 #
-# let found = ($haystack | iter find {|it| $it starts-with "a" })
-# let not_found = ($haystack | iter find {|it| $it mod 2 == 0})
+# let found = ($haystack | iter find {|e| $e starts-with "a" })
+# let not_found = ($haystack | iter find {|e| $e mod 2 == 0})
 # 
 # assert equal $found "abc"
 # assert equal $not_found null
@@ -30,11 +30,7 @@
 export def find [ # -> any | null  
     fn: closure          # the closure used to perform the search 
 ] {
-    try {
-       filter $fn | get 0?
-    } catch {
-       null
-    }
+    filter {|e| try {do $fn $e} } | try { first }
 }
 
 # Returns the index of the first element that matches the predicate or
@@ -60,20 +56,9 @@ export def find [ # -> any | null
 export def find-index [ # -> int
     fn: closure                # the closure used to perform the search
 ] {
-    let matches = (
-        enumerate
-        | each {|it|
-            if (do $fn $it.item) {
-                $it.index
-            }
-        }
-    )
-
-    if ($matches | is-empty) {
-        -1
-    } else {
-        $matches | first
-    }
+    enumerate
+    | find {|e| $e.item | do $fn $e.item }
+    | try { get index } catch { -1 }
 }
 
 # Returns a new list with the separator between adjacent
@@ -89,8 +74,8 @@ export def find-index [ # -> int
 export def intersperse [ # -> list<any>
     separator: any              # the separator to be used
 ] {
-    reduce --fold [] {|it, acc|
-         $acc ++ [$it, $separator]
+    reduce --fold [] {|e, acc|
+         $acc ++ [$e, $separator]
     } 
     | match $in {
          [] => [],
@@ -123,9 +108,9 @@ export def scan [ # -> list<any>
     fn: closure          # the closure to perform the scan
     --noinit(-n)         # remove the initial value from the result
 ] {                      
-    reduce --fold [$init] {|it, acc|
+    reduce --fold [$init] {|e, acc|
         let acc_last = $acc | last
-        $acc ++ [($acc_last | do $fn $it $acc_last)]
+        $acc ++ [($acc_last | do $fn $e $acc_last)]
     }
     | if $noinit {
         $in | skip
@@ -142,22 +127,22 @@ export def scan [ # -> list<any>
 # ```nu
 # use std ["assert equal" "iter filter-map"]
 #
-# let res = ([2 5 "4" 7] | iter filter-map {|it| $it ** 2})
+# let res = ([2 5 "4" 7] | iter filter-map {|e| $e ** 2})
 #
 # assert equal $res [4 25 49]
 # ```
 export def filter-map [ # -> list<any>
     fn: closure                # the closure to apply to the input
 ] {
-    each {|$it|
+    each {|$e|
         try {
-            do $fn $it 
+            do $fn $e 
         } catch {
             null 
         }
     } 
-    | filter {|it|
-        $it != null
+    | filter {|e|
+        $e != null
     }
 }
 
@@ -168,14 +153,14 @@ export def filter-map [ # -> list<any>
 # use std ["assert equal" "iter flat-map"]
 #
 # let res = (
-#     [[1 2 3] [2 3 4] [5 6 7]] | iter flat-map {|it| $it | math sum}
+#     [[1 2 3] [2 3 4] [5 6 7]] | iter flat-map {|e| $e | math sum}
 # )
 # assert equal $res [6 9 18]
 # ```
 export def flat-map [ # -> list<any>
     fn: closure              # the closure to map to the nested structures
 ] {
-    each {|it| do $fn $it } | flatten
+    each {|e| do $fn $e } | flatten
 }
 
 # Zips two structures and applies a closure to each of the zips
@@ -195,8 +180,8 @@ export def zip-with [ # -> list<any>
     fn: closure              # the closure to apply to the zips
 ] {
     zip $other 
-    | each {|it|
-        reduce {|it, acc| do $fn $acc $it }
+    | each {|e|
+        reduce {|e, acc| do $fn $acc $e }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/log/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/log/mod.nu
index 5117460be7..2af8c1d7b7 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/log/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/log/mod.nu
@@ -313,3 +313,13 @@ export def custom [
         |it, acc| $acc | str replace --all $it.0 $it.1
     })
 }
+
+def "nu-complete log-level" [] {
+    log-level | transpose description value
+}
+
+# Change logging level
+export def --env set-level [level: int@"nu-complete log-level"] {
+    # Keep it as a string so it  can be passed to child processes
+    $env.NU_LOG_LEVEL = $level | into string
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std/util/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std/util/mod.nu
index c6b332c396..3a7e6c0dcd 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std/util/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std/util/mod.nu
@@ -110,15 +110,18 @@ export def repeat [
     1..$n | each { $item }
 }
 
+# null device file
+export const null_device = if $nu.os-info.name == "windows" {
+	'\\.\NUL'
+} else {
+	'/dev/null'
+}
+
 # return a null device file.
 #
 # # Examples
 #     run a command and ignore it's stderr output
 #     > cat xxx.txt e> (null-device)
 export def null-device []: nothing -> path {
-    if ($nu.os-info.name | str downcase) == "windows" {
-        '\\.\NUL'
-    } else {
-        "/dev/null"
-    }
+    $null_device
 }