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Add a way to print the current kubectl command argument string in a reusable way for kuberctl #1748

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What would you like to be added:

I want to add a feature to kubectl that outputs a command-line string capable of reproducing the current execution context of a kubectl command in environments where kuberc is not configured, effectively replicating the functionality currently provided by kuberc.

Why is this needed:

In Kubernetes, SREs sometimes share kubectl command snippets within their teams to consistently verify the state of clusters and applications.

Example
## Check running specific production pods
$ kubectl get po -n app-01 --field-selector status.phase=Running -l environment=production

However, as kuberctl becomes more widely used, individual kubectl command snippets may become unshareable. Therefore, it would be beneficial to have a method to share requests made by kubectl even without kuberc configuration.

Design Proposal:

## kuberc
apiVersion: kubectl.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
kind: Preference

aliases:
  - name: getdbprod
    command: get
    prependArgs:
    - pods
    flags:
    - name: labels
      default: what=database
    - name: namespace
      default: us-2-production

overrides:
  - command: apply
    flags:
      - name: server-side
        default: "true"
  - command: delete
    flags:
      - name: interactive
        default: "true"

snippetOutput: true ## example

Example output

$ KUBECTL_KUBERC=true kubectl getdbprod
## Execute: $ kubectl get pods -l what=database -n us-2-production
...
$ KUBECTL_KUBERC=true kubectl apply -f -
## Execute: $ kubectl apply --server-side=true -f -
...

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