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Update the labels on a resource
Update the labels on a resource.
A label must begin with a letter or number, and may contain letters, numbers, hyphens, dots, and underscores, up to 63 characters. If --overwrite is true, then existing labels can be overwritten, otherwise attempting to overwrite a label will result in an error. If --resource-version is specified, then updates will use this resource version, otherwise the existing resource-version will be used.
kubectl label [--overwrite] RESOURCE NAME KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N [--resource-version=version]
// Update pod 'foo' with the label 'unhealthy' and the value 'true'.
$ kubectl label pods foo unhealthy=true
// Update pod 'foo' with the label 'status' and the value 'unhealthy', overwriting any existing value.
$ kubectl label --overwrite pods foo status=unhealthy
// Update all pods in the namespace
$ kubectl label pods --all status=unhealthy
// Update pod 'foo' only if the resource is unchanged from version 1.
$ kubectl label pods foo status=unhealthy --resource-version=1
// Update pod 'foo' by removing a label named 'bar' if it exists.
// Does not require the --overwrite flag.
$ kubectl label pods foo bar-
--all=false: select all resources in the namespace of the specified resource types
-h, --help=false: help for label
--no-headers=false: When using the default output, don't print headers.
-o, --output="": Output format. One of: json|yaml|template|templatefile|wide.
--output-version="": Output the formatted object with the given version (default api-version).
--overwrite=false: If true, allow labels to be overwritten, otherwise reject label updates that overwrite existing labels.
--resource-version="": If non-empty, the labels update will only succeed if this is the current resource-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.
-l, --selector="": Selector (label query) to filter on
-t, --template="": Template string or path to template file to use when -o=template or -o=templatefile. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview]
--alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
--kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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