All "list" commands have short output (i.e. only VM name and ID are displayed).

However, the vmlist command has an optional long output (-l) which displays full details of the VMs

src/client_cli/cmdVM/helper.go

@@ -52,9 +52,16 @@ func (vm *VM)String() string {
 	return string(output)
 }
 
-func printUsage(c cmd.Command, action string) {
+func printUsage(c cmd.Command, action string, showLongOutputFlag bool) {
 	u.PrintlnErr(c.GetDesc())
-	u.PrintlnErr("Usage: ",c.GetName()," [ID ...] [regex ...]")
+	longOutputFlag := ""
+	if showLongOutputFlag {
+		longOutputFlag = " [-l]"
+	}
+	u.PrintlnErr("Usage: ",c.GetName(),longOutputFlag+" [ID ...] [regex ...]")
+	if showLongOutputFlag {
+		u.PrintlnErr("Use \"-l\" to specify detailed VMs output.")
+	}
 	u.PrintlnErr("Only VMs matching the specified IDs or regexes will be "+action+".")
 	const usage string = `Any number of IDs or regexes can be specified.
 The regex only matches the VM's name and is case-insensitive.
@@ -68,11 +75,28 @@ Regex examples:
 // Prints a list of filtered VMs for a given route.
 // Return 0 if everything went well or 1 in case of failure.
 func printFilteredVMs(c cmd.Command, args []string, route string) int {
-	if len(args) < 1 {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
 		c.PrintUsage()
 		return 1
 	}
 
+	// Helper function to remove an element from a string array at a given index
+	removeArgAtIndex := func (slice []string, index int) []string {
+		return append(slice[:index], slice[index+1:]...)
+	}
+
+	// Check if a "-l" argument is specified
+	foundLongOutputFlag := -1
+	for idx, arg := range args {
+		if arg == "-l" {
+			foundLongOutputFlag = idx
+		}
+	}
+
+	if foundLongOutputFlag >= 0 {
+		removeArgAtIndex(args, foundLongOutputFlag)
+	}
+
 	vms, err := getFilteredVMs(route, args)
 	if err != nil {
 		u.PrintlnErr("Error: "+err.Error())
@@ -80,7 +104,11 @@ func printFilteredVMs(c cmd.Command, args []string, route string) int {
 	}
 
 	for _, vm := range vms {
+		if foundLongOutputFlag >= 0 {
 			u.Println(vm.String())
+		} else {
+			u.Println(vm.Name+" ("+vm.ID.String()+")")
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmAttach.go

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func (cmd *Attach)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *Attach)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "attached to")
+	printUsage(cmd, "attached to", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *Attach)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmDel.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (cmd *Del)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *Del)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "deleted")
+	printUsage(cmd, "deleted", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *Del)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmList.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *List)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *List)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", true)
 }
 
 func (cmd *List)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListAttach.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListAttach)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListAttach)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListAttach)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListDel.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListDel)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListDel)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListDel)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListEdit.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListEdit)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListEdit)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListEdit)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListEditAccess.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListEditAccess)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListEditAccess)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListEditAccess)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListStart.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListStart)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListStart)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListStart)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmListStop.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func (cmd *ListStop)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListStop)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "listed")
+	printUsage(cmd, "listed", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *ListStop)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmStart.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (cmd *Start)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *Start)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "started")
+	printUsage(cmd, "started", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *Start)Run(args []string) int {

src/client_cli/cmdVM/vmStop.go

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func (cmd *Stop)GetDesc() string {
 }
 
 func (cmd *Stop)PrintUsage() {
-	printUsage(cmd, "stopped")
+	printUsage(cmd, "stopped", false)
 }
 
 func (cmd *Stop)Run(args []string) int {