It is possible to specify the output format using the
--output-format parameter. The default format 'text' uses ASCII-art
to draw nice borders around tables. It additionally transforms some
values into human-readable text, for example:
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Unix epoch is displayed as ISO 8601 date string.
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Durations are displayed as week/day/hour/minute/second count, i.e
1d 5h. -
Byte sizes value include units (
B,KiB,MiB,GiB,TiB,PiB). -
Fractions are display as percentage, i.e. 1.0 is displayed as 100%.
You can also completely suppress output using option --quiet.