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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	flags "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/cli/version"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/format"
+)
+
+type VersionDetails struct {
+	Version   string `json:"version"`
+	GoVersion string `json:"goversion"`
+	GitCommit string `json:"gitcommit"`
+	BuildTime string `json:"buildtime"`
+	Os        string `json:"os"`
+	Arch      string `json:"arch"`
+}
+
+type VersionOutput struct {
+	Client VersionDetails `json:"client"`
+}
+
+type VersionOpts struct {
+	OutputAs string `short:"o" long:"outputas" default:"table" choice:"table" choice:"json" choice:"yaml" description:"Type of output to generate"`
+}
+
+var versionOpts = VersionOpts{}
+
+var versionInfo = VersionOutput{
+	Client: VersionDetails{
+		Version:   version.Version,
+		GoVersion: version.GoVersion,
+		GitCommit: version.GitCommit,
+		Os:        version.Os,
+		Arch:      version.Arch,
+		BuildTime: version.BuildTime,
+	},
+}
+
+func RegisterVersionCommands(parent *flags.Parser) {
+	parent.AddCommand("version", "display version", "Display client version", &versionOpts)
+}
+
+const DefaultFormat = `Client:
+ Version        {{.Client.Version}}
+ Go version:    {{.Client.GoVersion}}
+ Git commit:    {{.Client.GitCommit}}
+ Built:         {{.Client.BuildTime}}
+ OS/Arch:       {{.Client.Os}}/{{.Client.Arch}}
+`
+
+func (options *VersionOpts) Execute(args []string) error {
+	result := CommandResult{
+		Format:   format.Format(DefaultFormat),
+		OutputAs: toOutputType(options.OutputAs),
+		Data:     versionInfo,
+	}
+
+	GenerateOutput(&result)
+	return nil
+}