ENH: Add `--output tsv` along with `table` and `json` options for tab-separated report output

[jeliker]

I can't tell you how many times a day I do this:

oci iam compartment list --compartment-id-in-subtree true \
--query 'data[*].join(`\t`, [name, "lifecycle-state"]) | join(`\n`, @)' \
--raw-output

…In order to produce tab-separated report I can capture then paste to Excel, etc. (or format further by piping to column command or similar) please add an additional --output tsv option that would format the output similar to --output table but without the box lines and separating each column in the header and body by tab ASCII 9 symbols?

oci iam compartment list --compartment-id-in-subtree true \
--query 'data[*].[name, "lifecycle-state"]' \
--output tsv

Column1        Column2 
sandbox        ACTIVE
prod           ACTIVE
nonprod        ACTIVE
prod.biZVAxli  DELETED

[adizohar]

Hi, The simple way is to create python script list_compartment.py with below code and execute using pytnon3 list_compartment.py

import oci

config = oci.config.from_file(oci.config.DEFAULT_LOCATION, oci.config.DEFAULT_PROFILE)
identity_client = oci.identity.IdentityClient(config)
tenant_id = config['tenancy']

compartments = oci.pagination.list_call_get_all_results(
    identity_client.list_compartments,
    compartment_id=tenant_id,
    compartment_id_in_subtree=True).data

for c in compartments:
    print(f"{c.name}\t{c.lifecycle_state}")

[karthik-k-kamath]

Thanks Jon, for the suggestion. We will plan this enhancement request.

[kevco-us]

@jeliker Check out https://github.com/oracle/oci-cli/blob/master/scripts/examples/project_o/README.md

Project "o" provides several output options, one of which is tsv.
To do what you want, install "o". Then run:

$ o -o 'name      lifecycle' list compart -ciis true -all .

oci iam compartment list \
   --compartment-id-in-subtree true \
   --all

outpost	ACTIVE
sandbox1	ACTIVE
workload.spbAEuEo	DELETED
workshop	ACTIVE

Note: there's a "tab" character in between name and lifecycle in the command.

o will convert the above command into a complete oci command, select output based on "-o fields", and format results into tsv. All from that brief little command.

I've never used tsv but figured someone would want it one day!

My everyday format is the default table out - without the ascii decorations.

$ o -qo name#state list compart -ciis true -all .

name                                          lifecycle-state
outpost                                       ACTIVE
sandbox1                                      ACTIVE
workload.spbAEuEo                             DELETED
workshop                                      ACTIVE

Default "o" output is meant to be useful for humans.

[karthik-k-kamath]

Jon can you try project o where this is possible?

[jeliker]

Thank you for the work-around suggestion but, as described, I have a work-around now that doesn't require additional tools installed. In my scenarios it is not often feasible to install additional software so still hoping for a native solution.

Note I could have always opted to use another tool whether the o script or jq or others. My suggestion is for improvement in this tool itself.

[karthik-k-kamath]

Understood and thanks for the suggestion Jon-Eric. We will consider this enhancement.