> > > If I might make a suggestion of an alternative to this: > > > > > > Put in the man page for the command the -o string that can be used to > > > reproduce the default output (and when options change that default > > > output, give an equivalent -o string). That way anyone who wants to > > > make a minor change to the output can do so based on the man page. > > > > ... or we could just introduce a new special `default' field (similar to > > the existing `all' field) that expands the current list of default fields. > > So far, "-o all" is usually equal to the default output (except for some > corner cases like show-secobj) and the man page (afaik) does list the > fields emitted for default output.
Except that it's cumbersome to type all that and over time "-o all" will be less and less like the default output (since we will invariably add more fields). -- meem
