. IP "\\$1"
..
.\" -*- nroff -*-
-.TH ovsdb\-client 1 "November 2009" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
+.TH ovsdb\-client 1 "@VERSION@" "Open vSwitch" "Open vSwitch Manual"
.\" This program's name:
.ds PN ovsdb\-client
.\" SSL peer program's name:
\fBovsdb\-client help\fR
.IP "Output formatting options:"
[\fB\-\-format=\fIformat\fR]
+[\fB\-\-data=\fIformat\fR]
+[\fB\-\-no-heading\fR]
+[\fB\-\-pretty\fR]
+[\fB\-\-bare\fR]
[\fB\-\-no\-heading\fR]
+[\fB\-\-timestamp\fR]
.so lib/daemon-syn.man
.so lib/vlog-syn.man
.so lib/ssl-syn.man
then it will not have a version number and this command will print a
blank line.
.
-.IP "\fBlist\-columns\fI \fR[\fIserver\fR] \fR[\fIdatabase\fR]"
+.IP "\fBlist\-tables\fI \fR[\fIserver\fR] \fR[\fIdatabase\fR]"
Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves the schema for \fIdatabase\fR, and
prints a table listing the name of each table
within the database.
Connects to \fIserver\fR, retrieves all of the data in \fIdatabase\fR,
and prints it on stdout as a series of tables.
.
-.IP "\fBmonitor\fI \fR[\fIserver\fR] \fR[\fIdatabase\fR] \fItable\fR"
+.IP "\fBmonitor\fI \fR[\fIserver\fR] \fR[\fIdatabase\fR] \fItable\fR [\fIcolumn\fR[\fB,\fIcolumn\fR]...]..."
Connects to \fIserver\fR and monitors the contents of \fItable\fR in
\fIdatabase\fR. By default, the initial contents of \fItable\fR are
printed, followed by each change as it occurs. If at least one
.ds TD (default)
.so lib/table.man
.
+.IP "\fB\-\-timestamp\fR"
+For the \fBmonitor\fR command, adds a timestamp to each table
+update. Most output formats add the timestamp on a line of its own
+just above the table. The JSON output format puts the timestamp in a
+member of the top-level JSON object named \fBtime\fR.
+.
.SS "Daemon Options"
The daemon options apply only to the \fBmonitor\fR command. With any
other command, they have no effect.