1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_load.c b/plugins/check_load.c
index 5d3e6237..bf3c89d8 100644
--- a/plugins/check_load.c
+++ b/plugins/check_load.c
@@ -256,12 +256,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 /* process command-line arguments */
 static check_load_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
+
+        enum {
+                output_format_index = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+        };
+
         static struct option longopts[] = {{"warning", required_argument, 0, 'w'},
                                                                            {"critical", required_argument, 0, 'c'},
                                                                            {"percpu", no_argument, 0, 'r'},
                                                                            {"version", no_argument, 0, 'V'},
                                                                            {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
                                                                            {"procs-to-show", required_argument, 0, 'n'},
+                                                                           {"output-format", required_argument, 0, output_format_index},
                                                                            {0, 0, 0, 0}};
 
         check_load_config_wrapper result = {
@@ -283,6 +289,18 @@ static check_load_config_wrapper process_arguments(int argc, char **argv) {
                 }
 
                 switch (option_index) {
+                case output_format_index: {
+                        parsed_output_format parser = mp_parse_output_format(optarg);
+                        if (!parser.parsing_success) {
+                                // TODO List all available formats here, maybe add anothoer usage function
+                                printf("Invalid output format: %s\n", optarg);
+                                exit(STATE_UNKNOWN);
+                        }
+
+                        result.config.output_format_set = true;
+                        result.config.output_format = parser.output_format;
+                        break;
+                }
                 case 'w': /* warning time threshold */ {
                         parsed_thresholds warning_range = get_threshold(optarg);
                         result.config.th_load[0].warning = warning_range.load[0];
@@ -381,6 +399,7 @@ void print_help(void) {
         printf("    %s\n", _("Number of processes to show when printing the top consuming processes."));
         printf("    %s\n", _("NUMBER_OF_PROCS=0 disables this feature. Default value is 0"));
 
+        printf(UT_OUTPUT_FORMAT);
         printf(UT_SUPPORT);
 }