diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 15158f39..638bc3b9 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
             ("view", Arc::new(view::view)),
             ("skip", Arc::new(skip::skip)),
             ("first", Arc::new(take::take)),
+            ("size", Arc::new(size::size)),
             ("from-json", Arc::new(from_json::from_json)),
             ("open", Arc::new(open::open)),
             ("column", Arc::new(select::select)),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 784d192a..e444f385 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ crate mod open;
 crate mod ps;
 crate mod reject;
 crate mod select;
+crate mod size;
 crate mod skip;
 crate mod sort_by;
 crate mod split;
diff --git a/src/commands/size.rs b/src/commands/size.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b0858a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/size.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use crate::errors::ShellError;
+use crate::object::dict::Dictionary;
+use crate::object::Value;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+
+pub fn size(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    if args.args.is_empty() {
+        return Err(ShellError::string("size requires at least one file"));
+    }
+    let cwd = args.env.lock().unwrap().cwd().to_path_buf();
+
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+
+    let mut list = VecDeque::new();
+    for name in args.args {
+        let name = name.as_string()?;
+        let path = cwd.join(&name);
+        let mut file = File::open(path)?;
+        file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+        list.push_back(count(&name, &contents));
+        contents.clear();
+    }
+
+    Ok(list.boxed())
+}
+
+fn count(name: &str, contents: &str) -> ReturnValue {
+    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 contents.chars() {
+        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 dict = Dictionary::default();
+    dict.add("name", Value::string(name.to_owned()));
+    dict.add("lines", Value::int(lines));
+    dict.add("words", Value::int(words));
+    dict.add("chars", Value::int(chars));
+    dict.add("max length", Value::int(bytes));
+
+    ReturnValue::Value(Value::Object(dict))
+}
diff --git a/src/shell/completer.rs b/src/shell/completer.rs
index 2099f527..03351a0d 100644
--- a/src/shell/completer.rs
+++ b/src/shell/completer.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ impl Completer for NuCompleter {
         pos: usize,
         context: &rustyline::Context,
     ) -> rustyline::Result<(usize, Vec<completion::Pair>)> {
+
         let commands: Vec<String> = self.commands.keys().cloned().collect();
 
         let mut completions = self.file_completer.complete(line, pos, context)?.1;