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Scriptable output format
Scriptable output format allows scripts to invoke CLI commands and receive command responses that can be
easily parsed by the scripts. This capability is provided by two options that are available: -output=script1 and
-output=script2. These options are described in more detail below. To display output with no headers or
labels, use no-headers as an additional output option value.
IMPORTANT: If the delimiter is present within the data, then the entire value is surrounded by
double quotes.
When scripting CLI commands, only a single scripting client should perform remote management operations
to a remote VC Manager. If multiple scripting clients are used to perform a heavy load of CLI commands to
a single VC Manager, some management commands might fail. In some cases, the primary module might
need to be reset to recover properly.
• Script1 Output Format
The script1 output format can be used to format the output using a name-value pair format, using an
equal sign as the delimiter. All text on the left side of the equal sign designates the "name" of a property,
and the text on the right side of the equal sign designates the "value" of the property. If "no-headers" is
provided as an additional option value, only the values are displayed. Each property is displayed on
a separate line.
• Script2 Output Format
The script2 output format can be used to format all instance data in a single line, using a semi-colon as
the delimiter for the data. The first line contains the property names. This format is consistent with a
"table view" of the data, where the first line is represented by a list of column labels, while the
remaining lines provide the actual data being displayed. Each line represents a single instance of data.
For example, in the case of showing users, each line provides all data corresponding to a single user
instance.
The following examples provide some common scenarios for using the script output format options.
Example 1: Scriptable output format displaying all enclosures
->show enclosure -output=script1
ID=enc0
Name=Enclosure1
Import Status=Imported
Serial Number=USE0000BK2
Part Number=403321-021
Asset Tag=OA ASSET 453
Example 2: Scriptable output format displaying user "Administrator" information
->show user Administrator -output=script1
User Name=Administrator
Privileges=domain,server,network,storage
Full Name=
Contact Info=
Enabled=true
Example 3: Scriptable output format displaying all users (with table header)
->show user -output=script2
UserName;Privileges;FullName;ContactInfo;Enabled