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title: Output format
description: The --output flag allows for the response to be presented in a particular way (see ecctl help for an updated list of allowed formats). The default formatter...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/ecctl/ecctl-output-format
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Control
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# Output format
The `--output` flag allows for the response to be presented in a particular way (see `ecctl help` for an updated list of allowed formats). The default formatter behavior is to fallback to `json` when there’s no *text* format template or if the formatting fails.