# Documentation for `scw help` :::note{title="The CLI documentation pages are currently under construction"} The content is up to date. We're making improvements to the site over the next few weeks for a better experience. ::: Get help about how specific topics inside the CLI work - [Get help about how date parsing works in the CLI](#get-help-about-how-date-parsing-works-in-the-cli) - [Get help about how the CLI output works](#get-help-about-how-the-cli-output-works) ## Get help about how date parsing works in the CLI Date parsing You have two ways for managing date in the CLI: Absolute and Relative - Absolute time Absolute time refers to a specific and absolute point in time. CLI uses RFC3339 to parse those time and pass a time.Time go structure to the underlying functions. Example: "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" - Relative time Relative time refers to a time calculated from adding a given duration to the time when a command is launched. Example: - +1d4m => current time plus 1 day and 4 minutes - -1d4m => current time minus 1 day and 4 minutes - Units of time Nanosecond: ns Microsecond: us, µs (U+00B5 = micro symbol), μs (U+03BC = Greek letter mu) Millisecond: ms Second: s, sec, second, seconds Minute: m, min, minute, minutes Hour: h, hr, hour, hours Day: d, day, days Week: w, wk, week, weeks Month: mo, mon, month, months Year: y, yr, year, years Date parsing You have two ways for managing date in the CLI: Absolute and Relative - Absolute time Absolute time refers to a specific and absolute point in time. CLI uses RFC3339 to parse those time and pass a time.Time go structure to the underlying functions. Example: "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" - Relative time Relative time refers to a time calculated from adding a given duration to the time when a command is launched. Example: - +1d4m => current time plus 1 day and 4 minutes - -1d4m => current time minus 1 day and 4 minutes - Units of time Nanosecond: ns Microsecond: us, µs (U+00B5 = micro symbol), μs (U+03BC = Greek letter mu) Millisecond: ms Second: s, sec, second, seconds Minute: m, min, minute, minutes Hour: h, hr, hour, hours Day: d, day, days Week: w, wk, week, weeks Month: mo, mon, month, months Year: y, yr, year, years **Usage:** ```shell scw help date ``` ## Get help about how the CLI output works Output formatting in the CLI Human output (default one) scw instance server list ID NAME TYPE STATE ZONE PUBLIC IP 088b01da-9ba7-40d2-bc55-eb3170f42185 scw-cool-franklin DEV1-S running fr-par-1 51.15.251.251 Human with column selection You can select the columns that you want to print with commands that return a list scw instance server list -o human=Name,PublicIP NAME PUBLIC IP scw-cool-franklin 51.15.251.251 Wide output (Human without column shrinking) scw instance server list -o wide ID NAME TYPE STATE ZONE PUBLIC IP 088b01da-9ba7-40d2-bc55-eb3170f42185 scw-cool-franklin DEV1-S running fr-par-1 51.15.251.251 Wide with column selection You can select the columns that you want to print with commands that return a list scw instance server list -o wide=Name,PublicIP NAME PUBLIC IP scw-cool-franklin 51.15.251.251 Standard JSON output scw config dump -o json {"access_key":"SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX","secret_key":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","default_organization_id":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","default_region":"fr-par","default_zone":"fr-par-1","send_telemetry":true} Pretty JSON output scw config dump -o json=pretty { "access_key": "SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "secret_key": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", "default_organization_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", "default_region": "fr-par", "default_zone": "fr-par-1", "send_telemetry": true } Standard YAML output scw config dump -o yaml access_key: SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX secret_key: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 default_organization_id: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 default_region: fr-par default_zone: fr-par-1 send_telemetry: true Template output You can use Go template to manipulate the output of a command and create a custom rendering of your resources. Visit https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/ to learn more about Go template format. scw instance server list -o template="{{ .Name }}||{{ .ID }}" foo||11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 bar||22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222 In case the command returns data that is not correctly converted, for instance a []byte, you can use the json function to marshal the data as json and print it as is. scw instance server list -o template="{{ json . }}" Output formatting in the CLI Human output (default one) scw instance server list ID NAME TYPE STATE ZONE PUBLIC IP 088b01da-9ba7-40d2-bc55-eb3170f42185 scw-cool-franklin DEV1-S running fr-par-1 51.15.251.251 Human with column selection You can select the columns that you want to print with commands that return a list scw instance server list -o human=Name,PublicIP NAME PUBLIC IP scw-cool-franklin 51.15.251.251 Wide output (Human without column shrinking) scw instance server list -o wide ID NAME TYPE STATE ZONE PUBLIC IP 088b01da-9ba7-40d2-bc55-eb3170f42185 scw-cool-franklin DEV1-S running fr-par-1 51.15.251.251 Wide with column selection You can select the columns that you want to print with commands that return a list scw instance server list -o wide=Name,PublicIP NAME PUBLIC IP scw-cool-franklin 51.15.251.251 Standard JSON output scw config dump -o json {"access_key":"SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX","secret_key":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","default_organization_id":"11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111","default_region":"fr-par","default_zone":"fr-par-1","send_telemetry":true} Pretty JSON output scw config dump -o json=pretty { "access_key": "SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX", "secret_key": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", "default_organization_id": "11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111", "default_region": "fr-par", "default_zone": "fr-par-1", "send_telemetry": true } Standard YAML output scw config dump -o yaml access_key: SCWXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX secret_key: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 default_organization_id: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 default_region: fr-par default_zone: fr-par-1 send_telemetry: true Template output You can use Go template to manipulate the output of a command and create a custom rendering of your resources. Visit https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/ to learn more about Go template format. scw instance server list -o template="{{ .Name }}||{{ .ID }}" foo||11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111 bar||22222222-2222-2222-2222-222222222222 In case the command returns data that is not correctly converted, for instance a []byte, you can use the json function to marshal the data as json and print it as is. scw instance server list -o template="{{ json . }}" **Usage:** ```shell scw help output ```