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With Plerion CLI output formats, you can control how results are displayed. Use --output (or set output in your config file) to choose between table, JSON, YAML, and text output.

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Table (default)

Human-readable table with color-coded severity and status columns. This is the default when stdout is a TTY. 
plerion findings list --severity CRITICAL --output table

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Color scheme

ColorMeaning
Bold redCRITICAL severity
RedHIGH severity, FAILED, OPEN
YellowMEDIUM severity, DISMISSED
CyanLOW severity
BlueINFORMATIONAL
GreenPASSED, RESOLVED, ACTIVE
Color is automatically disabled when stdout is not a TTY, or when --no-color or the NO_COLOR environment variable is set.

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JSON

Pretty-printed JSON. Useful for scripting and piping to jq. The CLI outputs the result array directly, without the API’s data wrapper. 
plerion findings list --output json | jq '.[].detectionId'

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YAML

YAML output for Kubernetes-style tooling or human-readable structured data. 
plerion assets list --output yaml

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Text

Tab-separated values with a header row. Useful for awk, cut, and shell scripts. 
plerion findings list --output text | awk -F'\t' '{print $1, $3}'

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JMESPath filtering (--query)

Filter or transform output using JMESPath expressions. The query is applied to the raw API response, which wraps results in a data key. 
# Get the first detection ID
plerion findings list --output json --query 'data[0].detectionId'

# Filter only CRITICAL findings
plerion findings list --output json --query "data[?severityLevel=='CRITICAL']"

# Extract a field from all items
plerion assets list --output json --query 'data[*].name'

# Count results
plerion vulnerabilities list --output json --query 'length(data)'
When --query is used, output is always JSON regardless of the --output flag.