kcli v0.4.0 — Interactive Mode

kcli v0.4.0 — Interactive Mode

kcli get pods -i — k9s-like actions from the CLI

Add -i to any get command to enter interactive mode after the table displays:

$ kcli get pods -i
╭─────┬──────────┬──────────────┬───────┬──────────────╮
│   # │ NS       │ NAME         │ READY │ STATUS       │
├─────┼──────────┼──────────────┼───────┼──────────────┤
│   1 │ default  │ nginx-xxx    │   1/1 │ ✓ Running    │
│   2 │ default  │ api-yyy      │   2/2 │ ✓ Running    │
╰─────┴──────────┴──────────────┴───────┴──────────────╯

Select resource [1-2] (q=quit): 1

  nginx-xxx (default)
  [L] Logs  [D] Describe  [X] Exec  [E] Edit  [P] Port-forward  [DEL] Delete  [Q] Back

  Action: l
  → kcli logs pod/nginx-xxx --tail=100 -n default

Resource-specific actions

Resource	Actions
Pods	Logs, Describe, Exec, Edit, Port-forward, Delete
Deployments	Describe, Logs, Scale, Restart, Edit, Delete
Services	Describe, Port-forward, Edit, Delete
Nodes	Describe, Cordon, Uncordon, Drain
Namespaces	Switch, Describe, Delete
ConfigMaps	Describe, Edit, YAML, Delete
Secrets	Describe, YAML, Delete

Non-breaking

Default kcli get pods behavior is unchanged. The -i flag is opt-in.

Also in this release

• kcli ns colored table with ▶ current marker
• kcli ctx colored table with ★ favorites

Upgrade

curl -sL https://github.com/vellankikoti/kcli/releases/download/v0.4.0/kcli-darwin-arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv kcli /usr/local/bin/