diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
index 9b1e14024e..d608703152 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/cli.rs
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ pub fn create_default_context(
             whole_stream_command(Autoview),
             whole_stream_command(Table),
             // Text manipulation
+            whole_stream_command(Split),
             whole_stream_command(SplitColumn),
             whole_stream_command(SplitRow),
             whole_stream_command(Lines),
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
index cc67db0854..4dd14359e8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands.rs
@@ -96,9 +96,8 @@ pub(crate) mod skip;
 pub(crate) mod skip_until;
 pub(crate) mod skip_while;
 pub(crate) mod sort_by;
+pub(crate) mod split;
 pub(crate) mod split_by;
-pub(crate) mod split_column;
-pub(crate) mod split_row;
 pub(crate) mod sum;
 #[allow(unused)]
 pub(crate) mod t_sort_by;
@@ -222,9 +221,10 @@ pub(crate) use skip::Skip;
 pub(crate) use skip_until::SkipUntil;
 pub(crate) use skip_while::SkipWhile;
 pub(crate) use sort_by::SortBy;
+pub(crate) use split::Split;
+pub(crate) use split::SplitColumn;
+pub(crate) use split::SplitRow;
 pub(crate) use split_by::SplitBy;
-pub(crate) use split_column::SplitColumn;
-pub(crate) use split_row::SplitRow;
 pub(crate) use sum::Sum;
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub(crate) use t_sort_by::TSortBy;
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/headers.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/headers.rs
index c9c50440c2..bc415b0d22 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/headers.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/headers.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for Headers {
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
         vec![Example {
             description: "Create headers for a raw string",
-            example: r#"echo "a b c|1 2 3" | split-row "|" | split-column " " | headers"#,
+            example: r#"echo "a b c|1 2 3" | split row "|" | split column " " | headers"#,
             result: None,
         }]
     }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_column.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/column.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_column.rs
rename to crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/column.rs
index 739b1a06fc..b57b10896c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_column.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/column.rs
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ struct SplitColumnArgs {
     collapse_empty: bool,
 }
 
-pub struct SplitColumn;
+pub struct SubCommand;
 
-impl WholeStreamCommand for SplitColumn {
+impl WholeStreamCommand for SubCommand {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "split-column"
+        "split column"
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("split-column")
+        Signature::build("split column")
             .required(
                 "separator",
                 SyntaxShape::Any,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for SplitColumn {
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
-        "Split row contents across multiple columns via the separator."
+        "splits contents across multiple columns via the separator."
     }
 
     fn run(
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ fn split_column(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputS
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::SplitColumn;
+    use super::SubCommand;
 
     #[test]
     fn examples_work_as_expected() {
         use crate::examples::test as test_examples;
 
-        test_examples(SplitColumn {})
+        test_examples(SubCommand {})
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/command.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/command.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c167e5ed20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/command.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::prelude::*;
+use nu_errors::ShellError;
+use nu_protocol::{ReturnSuccess, Signature, UntaggedValue};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Command;
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for Command {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "split"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("split")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "split contents across desired subcommand (like row, column) via the separator."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        _args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        let registry = registry.clone();
+        let stream = async_stream! {
+            yield Ok(ReturnSuccess::Value(
+                UntaggedValue::string(crate::commands::help::get_help(&Command, &registry))
+                    .into_value(Tag::unknown()),
+            ));
+        };
+
+        Ok(stream.to_output_stream())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::Command;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn examples_work_as_expected() {
+        use crate::examples::test as test_examples;
+
+        test_examples(Command {})
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c5e83026c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+pub mod column;
+pub mod command;
+pub mod row;
+
+pub use column::SubCommand as SplitColumn;
+pub use command::Command as Split;
+pub use row::SubCommand as SplitRow;
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_row.rs b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/row.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_row.rs
rename to crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/row.rs
index d2a65e37d2..a11f52a309 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split_row.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/src/commands/split/row.rs
@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@ struct SplitRowArgs {
     separator: Tagged<String>,
 }
 
-pub struct SplitRow;
+pub struct SubCommand;
 
-impl WholeStreamCommand for SplitRow {
+impl WholeStreamCommand for SubCommand {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "split-row"
+        "split row"
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("split-row").required(
+        Signature::build("split row").required(
             "separator",
             SyntaxShape::Any,
             "the character that denotes what separates rows",
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl WholeStreamCommand for SplitRow {
     }
 
     fn usage(&self) -> &str {
-        "Split row contents over multiple rows via the separator."
+        "splits contents over multiple rows via the separator."
     }
 
     fn run(
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ fn split_row(args: CommandArgs, registry: &CommandRegistry) -> Result<OutputStre
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::SplitRow;
+    use super::SubCommand;
 
     #[test]
     fn examples_work_as_expected() {
         use crate::examples::test as test_examples;
 
-        test_examples(SplitRow {})
+        test_examples(SubCommand {})
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_until.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_until.rs
index 47df093415..654998c403 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_until.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_until.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn condition_is_met() {
                 open --raw caballeros.txt
                 | lines
                 | skip 2
-                | split-column ','
+                | split column ','
                 | headers
                 | skip-while "Chickens Collction" != "Blue Chickens"
                 | keep-until "Chicken Collection" == "Red Chickens"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_while.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_while.rs
index e340cdd839..83afd9e9fb 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_while.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/keep_while.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn condition_is_met() {
                 open --raw caballeros.txt
                 | lines
                 | skip 2
-                | split-column ','
+                | split column ','
                 | headers
                 | skip 1
                 | keep-while "Chicken Collection" != "Blue Chickens"
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/lines.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/lines.rs
index 4f68dbf79c..77874e2c19 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/lines.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/lines.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn lines() {
             | skip-while $it != "[dependencies]"
             | skip 1
             | first 1
-            | split-column "="
+            | split column "="
             | get Column1
             | trim
             | echo $it
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
index a24eaea2f9..0104f5dd9c 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/mod.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ mod skip_until;
 mod sort_by;
 mod split_by;
 mod split_column;
+mod split_row;
 mod sum;
 mod touch;
 mod trim;
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/skip_until.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/skip_until.rs
index 0c77163689..b9ff9d3089 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/skip_until.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/skip_until.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fn condition_is_met() {
                 open --raw caballeros.txt
                 | lines
                 | skip 2
-                | split-column ','
+                | split column ','
                 | headers
                 | skip-until "Chicken Collection" == "Red Chickens"
                 | str "31/04/2020" --to-int
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/sort_by.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/sort_by.rs
index 6c0306068e..a13c5a1667 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/sort_by.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/sort_by.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn by_column() {
             | lines
             | skip 1
             | first 4
-            | split-column "="
+            | split column "="
             | sort-by Column1
             | skip 1
             | first 1
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_column.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_column.rs
index e6bf5ebd03..cefd7155b5 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_column.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_column.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,30 @@
+use nu_test_support::fs::Stub::FileWithContentToBeTrimmed;
+use nu_test_support::playground::Playground;
 use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
 
 #[test]
-fn by_column() {
-    let actual = nu!(
-        cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", pipeline(
-        r#"
-            open cargo_sample.toml --raw
-            | lines
-            | skip 1
-            | first 1
-            | split-column "="
-            | get Column1
-            | trim
-            | echo $it
-        "#
-    ));
+fn to_column() {
+    Playground::setup("split_column_test_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![FileWithContentToBeTrimmed(
+            "sample.txt",
+            r#"
+                importer,shipper,tariff_item,name,origin
+            "#,
+        )]);
 
-    assert_eq!(actual.out, "name");
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
+            r#"
+                open sample.txt
+                | lines
+                | trim
+                | split column ","
+                | pivot
+                | nth 1
+                | echo $it
+            "#
+        ));
+
+        assert!(actual.out.contains("shipper"));
+    })
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_row.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_row.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f9cbc9fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/commands/split_row.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use nu_test_support::fs::Stub::FileWithContentToBeTrimmed;
+use nu_test_support::playground::Playground;
+use nu_test_support::{nu, pipeline};
+
+#[test]
+fn to_row() {
+    Playground::setup("split_row_test_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![FileWithContentToBeTrimmed(
+            "sample.txt",
+            r#"
+                importer,shipper,tariff_item,name,origin
+            "#,
+        )]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(), pipeline(
+            r#"
+                open sample.txt
+                | lines
+                | trim
+                | split row ","
+                | count
+                | echo $it
+            "#
+        ));
+
+        assert!(actual.out.contains("5"));
+    })
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/csv.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/csv.rs
index 59f1d31441..47811e12ea 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/csv.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/csv.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn table_to_csv_text() {
                 open csv_text_sample.txt
                 | lines
                 | trim
-                | split-column "," a b c d origin
+                | split column "," a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to csv
                 | lines
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ fn table_to_csv_text_skipping_headers_after_conversion() {
                 open csv_text_sample.txt
                 | lines
                 | trim
-                | split-column "," a b c d origin
+                | split column "," a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to csv --headerless
                 | echo $it
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/json.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/json.rs
index 19204dbe19..72f7bf5a99 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/json.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/json.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ fn table_to_json_text() {
             r#"
                 open sample.txt
                 | lines
-                | split-column "," name luck
+                | split column "," name luck
                 | select name
                 | to json
                 | from json
diff --git a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/tsv.rs b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/tsv.rs
index 5648b6b7e8..8c0e237e39 100644
--- a/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/tsv.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-cli/tests/format_conversions/tsv.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ fn table_to_tsv_text() {
             r#"
                 open tsv_text_sample.txt
                 | lines
-                | split-column "\t" a b c d origin
+                | split column "\t" a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to tsv
                 | lines
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ fn table_to_tsv_text_skipping_headers_after_conversion() {
             r#"
                 open tsv_text_sample.txt
                 | lines
-                | split-column "\t" a b c d origin
+                | split column "\t" a b c d origin
                 | last 1
                 | to tsv --headerless
                 | echo $it
diff --git a/crates/nu-value-ext/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-value-ext/src/lib.rs
index 6c0f79db96..48ac533447 100644
--- a/crates/nu-value-ext/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-value-ext/src/lib.rs
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ pub fn insert_data_at_column_path(
         Ok(original)
     } else {
         Err(ShellError::untagged_runtime_error(
-            "Internal error: could not split column-path correctly",
+            "Internal error: could not split column path correctly",
         ))
     }
 }
diff --git a/docs/commands/rename.md b/docs/commands/rename.md
index d36df2fcaf..4ec1e30ae5 100644
--- a/docs/commands/rename.md
+++ b/docs/commands/rename.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Use `rename` to give columns more appropriate names.
 ## Examples
 
 ```shell
-> open /etc/passwd | lines | split-column ":" | rename user password uid gid gecos home shell
+> open /etc/passwd | lines | split column ":" | rename user password uid gid gecos home shell
 ────┬────────┬──────────┬──────┬──────┬────────┬─────────────────┬──────────────────
  #  │ user   │ password │ uid  │ gid  │ gecos  │ home            │ shell
 ────┼────────┼──────────┼──────┼──────┼────────┼─────────────────┼──────────────────
diff --git a/docs/commands/split-column.md b/docs/commands/split-to-column.md
similarity index 92%
rename from docs/commands/split-column.md
rename to docs/commands/split-to-column.md
index 80f1de5dae..004ea8de43 100644
--- a/docs/commands/split-column.md
+++ b/docs/commands/split-to-column.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# split-column
+# split column
 
-Split row contents across multiple columns via the separator.
+splits contents across multiple columns via the separator.
 
-Syntax: `split-column <separator>  ...args{flags}`
+Syntax: `split column <separator>  ...args{flags}`
 
 ### Parameters
 
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ If we have file structured like this:
 1.0459770114942528 | 1.0925925925925926 | 0.6164383561643836
 ```
 
-We can build a table from it using the `split-column` command
+We can build a table from it using the `split column` command
 
 ```shell
-> open coordinates.txt | lines | split-column " | "
+> open coordinates.txt | lines | split column " | "
 ━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  # │ Column1             │ Column2              │ Column3
 ───┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────────
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ We can build a table from it using the `split-column` command
 And give names to the columns
 
 ```shell
-> open coordinates.txt | lines | split-column " | " x y z
+> open coordinates.txt | lines | split column " | " x y z
 ━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┯━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  # │ x                   │ y                    │ z
 ───┼─────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────────────
diff --git a/docs/commands/split-row.md b/docs/commands/split-to-row.md
similarity index 71%
rename from docs/commands/split-row.md
rename to docs/commands/split-to-row.md
index c0d58f79e5..937563c901 100644
--- a/docs/commands/split-row.md
+++ b/docs/commands/split-to-row.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# split-row
+# split row
 
-Split row contents over multiple rows via the separator.
+splits contents over multiple rows via the separator.
 
-Syntax: `split-row <separator>`
+Syntax: `split row <separator>`
 
 ### Parameters:
 * `<separator>` the character that denotes what separates rows
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ We can build a table from a file that looks like this
 
 ```
 
-using the `split-row` command.
+using the `split row` command.
 
 ```shell
-open table.txt | split-row ", "
+open table.txt | split row ", "
 ━━━┯━━━━━━━━━
  # │ <value>
 ───┼─────────