How to Build a Bash CLI Tool for DevOps Incident Reports Without Extra Dependencies

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A developer has published a guide detailing how to build a lightweight Bash CLI tool called 'opsreport' for platform and DevOps teams managing Kubernetes environments. The tool offers three operational modes — an interactive menu, a live refresh view, and a non-interactive pipeline mode that outputs TSV data with meaningful exit codes. It requires only Bash 4.4 or newer, along with kubectl, jq, and the column utility, avoiding the need for dashboards, databases, or additional language runtimes. The guide emphasizes terminal detection so the script behaves appropriately whether run by a human during an incident or automatically inside a CI pipeline. The author notes the pattern is adaptable beyond Kubernetes, working equally well with AWS CLI, Docker, or Terraform output by swapping collector functions.

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