start your admin command line client with the -displaymode=list option

i.e.  dsmadmc -displaymode=list

>From: "Moneymaker, Bob" <RMoneymaker AT CAISO DOT COM>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Reading of files generated by *sm and redirected to a text file
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 09:52:16 -0800
>
>*sm'ers.
>I'm having difficulty reading the garbage that is in the text file I
>generated in *sm (on a UNIX server) and redirected to an output file (also
>on a UNIX server). The command I used was:
>
>q n * f=d > [ABSOLUTE PATH AND FILE NAME]
>
>When I view the file, using vi, view, more, cat, or whatever, it does not
>have the same format as if I generated the output and read it from the
>screen in an ADSM session.
>Any hints, tips, or tricks would be greatly appreciated!
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Bob Moneymaker
>Sr. UNIX Administrator  voice:  1.916.351.4414
>SMSC Operations         fax:    1.916.351.4487
>at the California ISO           pager:  1.800.759.8888 PIN: 1466532
>                                 rmoneymaker AT caiso DOT com
>IBM Global Services

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