Some vdmadmin command options allow you to specify the format of the output information.

The following table shows the options that some vdmadmin command options provide for formatting output text.

Table 1. Options for Selecting Output Format
Option Description
-csv Formats the output as comma-separated values.
-n Display the output using ASCII (UTF-8) characters. This is the default character set for comma-separated values and plain text output.
-w Display the output using Unicode (UTF-16) characters. This is the default character set for XML output.
-xml Formats the output as XML.