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Pod Commands

Commands for managing and viewing Kubernetes pods.

List Pods

k8stool get pods [flags]
k8stool get po [flags]      # Short alias

Flags

Flag Short Description Default
--namespace -n Target namespace default
--all-namespaces -A List across all namespaces false
--selector -l Label selector -
--status -s Filter by status -
--sort - Sort by (age|name|status) -
--reverse - Reverse sort order false
--metrics - Show CPU/Memory usage false

Examples

List pods in default namespace: 

k8stool get pods

List pods across all namespaces: 

k8stool get pods -A
k8stool get pods --all-namespaces

Filter pods by label: 

k8stool get pods -l app=nginx
k8stool get pods --selector app=nginx,env=prod

Filter by status: 

k8stool get pods -s Running
k8stool get pods --status Pending

Sort pods: 

k8stool get pods --sort age         # Sort by age (oldest first)
k8stool get pods --sort age --reverse # Sort by age (newest first)
k8stool get pods --sort name        # Sort by name
k8stool get pods --sort status      # Sort by status

Show resource usage: 

k8stool get pods --metrics          # Show CPU/Memory usage

Output

The output includes:

  • Pod name
  • Ready status (running containers/total containers)
  • Status (color-coded)
  • Running: Green
  • Pending: Yellow
  • Failed: Red
  • Age (smart formatting)
  • CPU usage (if --metrics flag is used)
  • Memory usage (if --metrics flag is used)
  • Namespace (when listing across namespaces)

Example output: 

NAME                     READY   STATUS    AGE    CPU    MEMORY
nginx-6799fc88d8-abc12   1/1     Running   5d6h   10m    128Mi
redis-7d8594697c-def34   1/1     Running   2h30m  50m    256Mi