[jira] [Created] (KAFKA-5923) Output generated by kafka_acls, kafka_topics. kafka_topics should be easily usable in a pipe

["Holger Rauch (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Holger Rauch created KAFKA-5923:
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             Summary: Output generated by kafka_acls, kafka_topics. kafka_topics should be easily usable in a pipe
                 Key: KAFKA-5923
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-5923
             Project: Kafka
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: tools
    Affects Versions: 0.11.0.0
         Environment: Linux
            Reporter: Holger Rauch
            Priority: Minor


The output produced by {{kafka_topics}}, {{kafka_acls}}, and {{kafka_configs}} (or rather, their corresponding, underlying classes) should be suitable for use in a pipe (e.g. to be piped into {{grep}} when these commands are used in an Ansible playbook/role).

AFAIK, the current implementations produce free form text. Using that inside a grep can be error prone IMHO (especially in case the output should change from one release to the next).

A more reliable approach would be to provide a cmd line switch to enable machine parseable output suitable for use in pipes.



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