> > Two things: > > 1. The default output of show-linkprop is about to change > with stack instances to include a LINK field. So we're > basically out of 80-column room. > > 2. Multi-line output is at-odds with the CLI design -- e.g., > it should be greppable and should be friendly to wider > displays when those are available. It also is at-odds > with future -o support. > > What about adding a new DESC field that's shown automatically if a -? or > -h (help) option is given to show-linkprop? We should probably also add > an -o option to show-linkprop that allows the user to control the exact > fields that are output (like show-wifi and scan-wifi already have), and > then "-o all" can be used to see everything (including DESC). >
I myself like the "-?" (or maybe a "-l", like ps?) option myself, but any of the above suggestions would work.. bgw, there's also a "-c" flag to show-linkprop, I believe, that gives you "parseable" output... like PROPERTY="adv_autoneg_cap" VALUE=".." DEFAULT="" POSSIBLE="" --Sowmini
