From 857ecda050b750a9f901f08d4cac8f170a5def99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JT <547158+jntrnr@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 14:05:24 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Let describe know about binary (#662)

---
 .../nu-command/src/core_commands/describe.rs  | 21 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/describe.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/describe.rs
index b5a988b0c0b2..d10929d4dabc 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/describe.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/core_commands/describe.rs
@@ -26,13 +26,20 @@ impl Command for Describe {
         input: PipelineData,
     ) -> Result<PipelineData, ShellError> {
         let head = call.head;
-        input.map(
-            move |x| Value::String {
-                val: x.get_type().to_string(),
-                span: head,
-            },
-            engine_state.ctrlc.clone(),
-        )
+        if matches!(input, PipelineData::ByteStream(..)) {
+            Ok(PipelineData::Value(
+                Value::string("binary", call.head),
+                None,
+            ))
+        } else {
+            input.map(
+                move |x| Value::String {
+                    val: x.get_type().to_string(),
+                    span: head,
+                },
+                engine_state.ctrlc.clone(),
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {