Control of output format

When the stack is IPv6 enabled, the report output is displayed in the new format, which is referred to as long format.

To allow the stack to be configured for IPv4-only operation (not IPv6 enabled and short format displays), but still allow a developer who needs to modify programs that rely on Netstat output to update and test new versions of these programs with long format output from Netstat, the following output format control options are available:

FORMAT SHORT: The output is displayed in the existing IPv4 format.
FORMAT LONG: The output is displayed in the format which supports IPv6 addresses.

A stack-wide output format parameter (FORMAT SHORT/LONG) can be specified on the IPCONFIG profile statement. It instructs Netstat to produce output in one of these formats. FORMAT SHORT is applicable only when the stack is not IPv6 enabled.

In addition to the stack-wide FORMAT parameter, a Netstat command-line option FORMAT/-M with keyword SHORT/LONG is supported to override the stack-wide parameter. When a user specifies the Netstat command-line format option, it overrides the stack-wide format parameter on an IPv4-only stack.