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Help hints at JSON formatting output with --out-file option #537

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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion cardano-cli/src/Cardano/CLI/EraBased/Options/Common.hs
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Expand Up @@ -1596,7 +1596,10 @@ pMaybeOutputFile =
optional $ fmap File $ Opt.strOption $ mconcat
[ Opt.long "out-file"
, Opt.metavar "FILE"
, Opt.help "Optional output file. Default is to write to stdout."
, Opt.help "Optional output file. Default is to write to stdout. \
\If given, output will be formatted in JSON, otherwise\
\it will be formatted as human-readable text. Note that\
\using '/dev/stdout' outputs JSON."
, Opt.completer (Opt.bashCompleter "file")
]

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