SF CLI output defaults to the pickle format

[scaleoutsean]

As subject. How to repro:

$ sfcli -m 192.168.1.34 -u admin -p admin volume list --limit 1

Config:

• solidfire-cli 1.7.0.154
• solidfire-sdk-python 12.3.0.203
• Python 3.8.10
• Ubuntu 20.04

[arjun960]

@scaleoutsean yes, SF CLI output defaults to pickle format during installation of the cli, Please refer to Page No. 8 of the CLI User Guide ( https://github.com/solidfire/solidfire-cli/blob/master/NetAppElementCLIToolsUserGuide1_7.pdf ).

To display the output of any cli command in JSON format we can pass -j or --json parameter along with other parameters of sfcli command.

[scaleoutsean]

Okay, I didn't read the PDF but I've read the README.md where it says tree format is the default and further below it says the pickle format requires -k.

[arjun960]

Yeah, you are right!! missed it completely, actually we missed to update the README.md file in the last release. We will update it soon.

Please refer to the User Guide for guidance related to sfcli.

[scaleoutsean]

Yeah the tree used to be the default for a while. IIRC maybe online help isn't up to date (I'm away from my PC now), as I don't recall seeing the switch for the tree format in online help.