kubectl-neat VS kubectl-aliases

It depends on kubectl-neat mentioned in pre-requisites.

I if you are getting objects out in yaml i recomend you to use neat https://github.com/itaysk/kubectl-neat

Install [neat]((https://github.com/itaysk/kubectl-neat) plugin with krew :

Clean Now let’s talk about how you can use the "Clean" feature of ValidKube to clean and enhance your YAML files with an instant click. It's repository kubectl-neat is https://github.com/itaysk/kubectl-neat It works as shown in image below :-

The idea behind Validkube is to fuse together the capabilities of three other popular open-source projects (kubeval, kubectl-neat & trivy) and present them in a single view, providing users with a way to ensure YAML code hygiene and security, in one place, with just a few clicks of the button.

neat - possibly my favourite of all the plugins is neat which removes all the generated, redundant fields from YAML output of Kubernetes resources. If you're tired of scrolling through all the managedFields and other garbage, then definitely give this one a try.

There is a product that does this called kubectl-neat: https://github.com/itaysk/kubectl-neat

kubectl-neat (via Krew)

# autocomplete kubectl & helm source <(kubectl completion zsh) source <(helm completion zsh) alias k=kubectl # when using below aliases, print kubectl command and then execute it function kctl() { echo "+ kubectl $@" && command kubectl $@ } # add aliases collection like 'kgpo' for 'kubectl get pods` from https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-aliases [ ! -f ~/.kube/aliases.sh ] && curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ahmetb/kubectl-aliases/master/.kubectl_aliases" > ~/.kube/aliases.sh && sed -i -e 's/kubectl/kctl/g' ~/.kube/aliases.sh source ~/.kube/aliases.sh # set default namespace alias kn='kctl config set-context --current --namespace' # get events sorted by last timestamp alias kgel='kctl get events --sort-by=.lastTimestamp' # get events sorted by creation timestamp alias kgec='kctl get events --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp' # get pod's descending events function kger() { kctl get events --sort-by=.lastTimestamp --field-selector involvedObject.name="$@" } # get 'real' all alias kgworld='kctl get $(kubectl api-resources --verbs=list --namespaced -o name | paste -sd ",")' # display all nodes resources request and limits alias kgnr="k get nodes --no-headers | awk '{print \$1}' | xargs -I {} sh -c 'echo {} ; kubectl describe node {} | grep Allocated -A 5 | grep -ve Event -ve Allocated -ve percent -ve -- ; echo '" # start a debug pod (including lots of troubleshooting tools) alias kdebug="kctl -n default run debug-$USER --rm -it --tty --image leodotcloud/swiss-army-knife:v0.12 --image-pull-policy=IfNotPresent -- bash" # get pod's containers list function kgpc() { kctl get pod -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[*].name}" "$@" && echo "" } # ping a service, ex: 'kping whoami:8080' alias kping='kctl run httping -it --image bretfisher/httping --image-pull-policy=IfNotPresent --rm=true --' # get existing pod's yaml without forbidden fields, ex: 'kyaml pod whoami' function kyaml() { kubectl get "$@" -o yaml | kubectl-neat } # display and delete failed pods in current namespace alias krmfailed='kctl delete pods --field-selector=status.phase=Failed'

I like https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-aliases because it helps keep the formal nomenclature in my head while providing faster terminal entry.

I would highly recommend not aliasing k to kubectl and instead get this: https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-aliases