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authorBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-02-12 11:32:36 -0800
committerBen Pfaff <blp@nicira.com>2010-02-15 11:28:39 -0800
commitc3a0bfd57e1eff6e46495251d8a5cada60916b1f (patch)
tree6c66ad528864ec720b3d952697f7dc9e5f9af856 /ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
parent0c65cde9db1d0586ae9d9c5abec0bef978ff86a5 (diff)
downloadopenvswitch-c3a0bfd57e1eff6e46495251d8a5cada60916b1f.tar.gz
ovsdb-client: Introduce new data formatting style as the default.
The new data formatting style is generally shorter and easier to read than the JSON representation (which is still available using "-d json").
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diff --git a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
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--- a/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
+++ b/ovsdb/ovsdb-client.1.in
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ The following options controlling output formatting:
.
.IP "\fB-f \fIformat\fR"
.IQ "\fB--format=\fIformat\fR"
-Sets the basic type of output formatting. The following types of
+Sets the type of table formatting. The following types of
\fIformat\fR are available:
.RS
.IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ HTML tables.
Comma-separated values as defined in RFC 4180.
.RE
.
+.IP "\fB-d \fIformat\fR"
+.IP "\fB--data=\fIformat\fR"
+Sets the formatting for cells within output tables. The following
+types of \fIformat\fR are available:
+.RS
+.IP "\fBstring\fR (default)"
+The simple format described in \fBovs-vsctl\fR(8).
+.IP "\fBjson\fR"
+JSON.
+.RE
+.
.IP "\fB--no-heading\fR"
This option suppresses the heading row that otherwise appears in the
first row of table output.