A.3 Managing the Report Output

Use the list of commands in this section to manage the report output.

Syntax

[-syslog] [-tag tagname] 
[-o] 
[-nopass] 
[-noscore] 
[-diff old_report new_report [-outfile output_HTML]] 
[-merge [-force] collections]

Parameters

Table A-3 Managing Output

Option Description

-syslog

Writes JSON results to syslog.

-tag tagname

Appends the tagname specified to the output report name.

The tagname must contain only alphanumeric characters.

-o

Argument to an option.

If -o is followed by v, (or verbose, and neither option is case-sensitive), then the command prints passed checks on the screen.

If the -o option is not specified, then the command prints only the failed checks on the screen.

-nopass

Does not show passed checks in the generated output.

-noscore

Does not print health score in the HTML report.

-diff old_report new_report [-outfile output_HTML]

Reports the difference between the two HTML reports.

Specify a directory name or a ZIP file or an HTML report file as old_report and new_report.

-merge [-force] collections

Merges a comma-delimited list of collections and prepares a single report.