[pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server] qm showcmd: add simple 'pretty' parameter

[Thomas Lamprecht]

Shows each parameter value pair in a new line with a backslash at the
end, so it's still possible to copy, paste and execute it, while
being easier to read and edit by humans. This is opt in.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Lamprecht <t.lamprecht at proxmox.com>
---
 PVE/CLI/qm.pm | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/PVE/CLI/qm.pm b/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
index 7db65d3..191f41e 100755
--- a/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
+++ b/PVE/CLI/qm.pm
@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	additionalProperties => 0,
 	properties => {
 	    vmid => get_standard_option('pve-vmid', { completion => \&PVE::QemuServer::complete_vmid }),
+	    pretty => {
+		description => "Puts each option on a new line to enhance human readability",
+		type => 'boolean',
+		optional => 1,
+		default => 0,
+	    }
 	},
     },
     returns => { type => 'null'},
@@ -124,7 +130,11 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	my ($param) = @_;
 
 	my $storecfg = PVE::Storage::config();
-	print PVE::QemuServer::vm_commandline($storecfg, $param->{vmid}) . "\n";
+	my $cmdline = PVE::QemuServer::vm_commandline($storecfg, $param->{vmid});
+
+	$cmdline =~ s/ -/ \\\n-/g if $param->{pretty};
+
+	print "$cmdline\n";
 
 	return undef;
     }});
-- 
2.11.0