| Main index | Section 7 | Options |
libxo allows the rendering of data into various output styles, including text, XML, JSON, and HTML. libxo uses command line options to trigger rendering behavior. Options are recognised in three forms:
The first two forms accept a comma-separated set of words, detailed below, while the third form accepts a set of letters, also below. The triggered functionality is identical.
| Option Action |
color Enable colors/effects for display styles (TEXT, HTML) |
flush Flush after each emit call |
flush-line Flush each line of output |
html Emit HTML output |
indent=xx Set the indentation level |
info Add info attributes (HTML) |
json Emit JSON output |
keys Emit the key attribute for keys (XML) |
log-gettext Log (via stderr) each gettext(3) string lookup |
log-syslog Log (via stderr) each syslog message (via xo_syslog) |
no-humanize Ignore the {h:} modifier (TEXT, HTML) |
no-locale Do not initialize the locale setting |
no-retain Prevent retaining formatting information |
pretty Emit pretty-printed output |
retain Force retaining formatting information |
text Emit TEXT output |
underscores "Replace XML-friendly |
units Add the 'units' (XML) or 'data-units (HTML) attribute |
warn Emit warnings when libxo detects bad calls |
warn-xml Emit warnings in XML |
xml Emit XML output |
xpath Add XPath expressions (HTML) |
The brief options are a set of single-letter aliases for the longer terms, used as a single string:
| Value Equivalent Token |
"c |
f flush |
F flush-line |
H html |
I info |
i<num> indent=<num> |
J json |
k keys |
n no-humanize |
P pretty |
T text |
U units |
u "underscore |
W warn |
X xml |
x xpath |
Most of these option are simple and direct, but some require additional details:
flush-line performs line buffering, even when the output is not directed to a TTY device.
info generates additional data for HTML, encoded in attributes using names that state with "data-".
keys adds a "key" attribute for XML output to indicate that a leaf is an identifier for the list member.
no-humanize avoids "humanizing" numeric output (see humanize_number(3) for details).
no-locale instructs libxo to avoid translating output to the current locale.
no-retain disables the ability of libxo to internally retain "compiled" information about formatting strings.
underscores can be used with JSON output to change XML -friendly names with dashes into JSON -friendly name with underscores.
warn allows libxo to emit warnings on stderr when application code make incorrect calls. warn-xml, causes, those, warnings, to, be, placed, in XML inside the output.
ps --libxo json,pretty,warn -ux
ps --libxo=xml -lg
ps --libxo:Hxc 1
| LIBXO (3) | May 11, 2017 |
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