Sets the type of table formatting. The following types of
\fIformat\fR are available:
.RS
-.IP "\fBtable\fR (default)"
-Text-based tables with aligned columns.
+.IP "\fBtable\fR"
+2-D text tables with aligned columns.
+.IP "\fBlist\fR"
+A list with one column per line and rows separated by a blank line.
.IP "\fBhtml\fR"
HTML tables.
.IP "\fBcvs\fR"
.RS
.IP "\fBstring\fR (default)"
The simple format described in \fBovs\-vsctl\fR(8).
+.IP "\fBbare\fR"
+The simple format with punctuation stripped off: \fB[]\fR and \fB{}\fR
+are omitted around sets, maps, and empty columns, items within sets
+and maps are space-separated, and strings are never quoted. This
+format may be easier for scripts to parse.
.IP "\fBjson\fR"
JSON.
.RE
.IP
This option does not affect JSON in tables, which is always printed
compactly.
+.IP "\fB\-\-bare\fR"
+Equivalent to \fB\-\-format=list \-\-data=bare \-\-no\-headings\fR.