Could we add a shorthand for --field-selector in kubectl?

[tnqn]

What happened?

I’m wondering if the --field-selector option is used frequently enough to justify a shorthand like -F. In our extension API server, we have a field that users need to specify to limit objects within a particular scope, but --field-selector feels a bit lengthy to type compared to the -l shorthand for label selectors. Would it make sense to add a shorthand for --field-selector?

Creating the issue to gather some feedback before introducing such a shorthand as suggested by @soltysh.

The original thread in sig-cli slack channel: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/C2GL57FJ4/p1725613426106679

cc @soltysh @apelisse

/sig cli

What did you expect to happen?

A shorthand can be used to filter objects by field selector, such as kubectl get FOO -F .spec.region=BAR.

How can we reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible)?

NONE

Anything else we need to know?

No response

Kubernetes version

$ kubectl version
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Cloud provider

OS version

# On Linux:
$ cat /etc/os-release
# paste output here
$ uname -a
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# On Windows:
C:\> wmic os get Caption, Version, BuildNumber, OSArchitecture
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Install tools

Container runtime (CRI) and version (if applicable)

Related plugins (CNI, CSI, ...) and versions (if applicable)

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[ardaguclu]

It looks reasonable. However, I'm wondering whether this was intentional decision due to some reasons.
/transfer kubectl

[mpuckett159]

/triage accepted
Need to verify that there will not be collision between -f and -F. This will need to get tested across windows/macOS/various linux distros.

[apelisse]

This is totally parsed by the program, as opposed to the file path that is usually parsed by the kernel/operating system.

[tnqn]

Thank you all for your feedback.

It looks reasonable. However, I'm wondering whether this was intentional decision due to some reasons.

@ardaguclu, I checked kubernetes/kubernetes#50140 which added the flag and didn't find any discussion about the shorthand, I guess it wasn't intentional.

Need to verify that there will not be collision between -f and -F. This will need to get tested across windows/macOS/various linux distros.

@mpuckett159, as @apelisse explains, this is parsed by the program so the flag names are case-sensitive, otherwise the command kubectl get -l <selector> -L <label> would fail.

I created kubernetes/kubernetes#127345 to implement it, could you please take a look?

[soltysh]

/kind feature

[mpuckett159]

Apologies I misunderstood and we need to wait for more evidence for this before accepting. This issue should be fore gathering more feedback. Sorry for the churn/misunderstanding.