CLI Output Formats

Every command accepts an -o (or --output) flag that controls how Kubernetes cost data is printed. The default is table.

bash

kubeadapt get clusters -o json
kubeadapt get clusters -o yaml
kubeadapt get clusters          # defaults to table

Table

The default format. Columns are styled with colors using lipgloss.

Tip

Use --no-color to strip all ANSI color codes when piping output to a file or another tool.

bash

kubeadapt get clusters --no-color

Example output:

text

ID             NAME              PROVIDER   REGION       NODES   STATUS
cls-abc123     production        aws        eu-west-1    12      active
cls-def456     non-production    aws        us-east-1    4       active

JSON

Pass -o json to get machine-readable output. This works well with jq for filtering and transforming results.

bash

kubeadapt get clusters -o json

Example output:

json

{
  "clusters": [
    {
      "id": "cls-abc123",
      "name": "production",
      "provider": "aws",
      "region": "eu-west-1",
      "node_count": 12,
      "status": "active"
    },
    {
      "id": "cls-def456",
      "name": "non-production",
      "provider": "aws",
      "region": "us-east-1",
      "node_count": 4,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ]
}

Tip

Pipe to jq to extract specific fields:

kubeadapt get clusters -o json | jq '.clusters[0].name'

YAML

Pass -o yaml for YAML output. Useful when you want to feed results into other tools that consume YAML.

bash

kubeadapt get clusters -o yaml

Example output:

yaml

clusters:
  - id: cls-abc123
    name: production
    provider: aws
    region: eu-west-1
    node_count: 12
    status: active
  - id: cls-def456
    name: non-production
    provider: aws
    region: us-east-1
    node_count: 4
    status: active

jq recipes

Common patterns for extracting cost data from JSON output:

bash

kubeadapt get workloads -o json | jq '[.workloads[] | {name: .workload_name, namespace, cost: .monthly_cost}] | sort_by(-.cost)[:5]'

# Total monthly savings from pending recommendations
kubeadapt get recommendations --status pending -o json | jq '.total_potential_savings_monthly'

# Teams spending more than $1,000/month
kubeadapt get costs teams -o json | jq '[.teams[] | select(.monthly_cost > 1000) | {team, monthly_cost}]'

Examples: real-world usage with jq and pipes
Command Reference: all available commands

Table

JSON

YAML

jq recipes

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