Commands like image pull don't output any status if stdout (or stderr) is being piped to a file #113
Description
If you run container image pull with stdout (or stderr) piped to a file, there's no progress output from the command. Ideally commands could fall back to a simple stream of status output if running without a terminal. This would make it easier to use the new CLI from other applications.
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jglogan commentedon Jan 13, 2026
Progress output and error messages go to stderr, so this command displays progress, and
pull.txtis empty as long as there are no pull errors:Redirecting stderr does suppress status output still. Agree that plain status output would be better. If one doesn't want any progress on stderr, there's
--progress nonefor that.saehejkang commentedon Jan 13, 2026
@PhantomInTheWire Since you have a PR open already adding the
plainstatus mode forimage pull, this will be a good addition you can make to #899.Fall back to simple text output when stdout is not a TTY (apple#1392)
Fall back to simple text output when stdout is not a TTY (apple#1392)