Using ESXCLI Output
Last Updated December 16, 2024

Many ESXCLI commands generate output you might want to use in your application. You can run

esxcli

with the

--formatter

dispatcher option and send the resulting output as input to a parser.

The

--formatter

option supports three values -

csv

xml

, and

keyvalue

and is used before any namespace.

The following example lists all file system information in CSV format.

esxcli --formatter=csv storage filesystem list

You can pipe the output to a file.

esxcli --formatter=keyvalue storage filesystem list > myfilesystemlist.txt

You should always use a formatter for consistent output.

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