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Add a few more instructions to logcli --help. #2948

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12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions cmd/logcli/main.go
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Expand Up @@ -47,10 +47,14 @@ and its results, such as the API URL, set of common labels, and set
of excluded labels. This extra information can be suppressed with the
--quiet flag.

By default we look over the last hour of data; use --since to modify
or provide specific start and end times with --start and --end.
The output is limited to 30 entries by default; use --limit to increase.

While "query" does support metrics queries, its output contains multiple
data points between the start and end query time. This output is used to
build graphs, like what is seen in the Grafana Explore graph view. If
you are querying metrics and just want the most recent data point
build graphs, similar to what is seen in the Grafana Explore graph view.
If you are querying metrics and just want the most recent data point
(like what is seen in the Grafana Explore table view), then you should use
the "instant-query" command instead.`)
rangeQuery = newQuery(false, queryCmd)
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seriesCmd = app.Command("series", `Run series query.

The "series" command will take the provided label matcher
The "series" command will take the provided label matcher
and return all the log streams found in the time window.

It is possible to send an empty label matcher '{}' to return all streams.

Use the --analyze-labels flag to get a summary of the labels found in all streams.
This is helpful to find high cardinality labels.
This is helpful to find high cardinality labels.
`)
seriesQuery = newSeriesQuery(seriesCmd)
)
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