print and template

[farangkao]

Trying to format the output of the print command like this:

seqcli print -i log.clef --template '[{Timestamp:o} {Level:u3}] {Message:lj} {Properties:j}{NewLine}{Exception}'

only [][][] is printed.

System: Windows 11, PowerShell 7.4
tried both standard dotnet tool install ,and then 'seqcli' (which goes via seqcli.cmd), as also direct call of the seqcli.exe

seems somekind of PowerShell issue, on Linux it works like a charm.

[nblumhardt]

Hi @farangkao; sorry about that! I made a change here in the most recent seqcli build, and missed some documentation updates. The template syntax is now Serilog.Expressions style, rather than the original template syntax:

seqcli print -i log.clef --template "[{@t:o} {@l:u3}] {@m} {@p}`n{@x}"

Note the backtick-n PowerShell newline literal; the new version currently defers to the host shell for newline syntax.

Hope this helps,
Nick

[farangkao]

Thanks for the Update. Just strange that under linux the old style still worked (installed via dotnet tool install -g seqcli), but it's a few days ago.

Under Windows the new Template scheme works ,but with one caviat, new lines seem not to behave like expected:

[nblumhardt]

Thanks for the follow-up. I'll have a go at reproducing. Is this under Windows Terminal, or the old built-in terminal? And is it PowerShell 7, or the older classic PowerShell? Thanks!

[farangkao]

I normally use Windows Terminal with PowerShell 7.x ,
to be sure i tested it with "Windows Power Shell" ,same output.

[farangkao]

to be sure i tested the general use of `n, this works:

🌀 Write-Host "Hello`nWorld"
Hello
World

[nblumhardt]

Thanks, @farangkao. I've repro'd. It seems like on Windows it's not possible to pass literal newlines through process arguments. We'll come up with an alternative and let you know here.