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Add no-color option to logger
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion cmd/trivy/main.go
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func run() error {
// Trivy behaves as the specified plugin.
if runAsPlugin := os.Getenv("TRIVY_RUN_AS_PLUGIN"); runAsPlugin != "" {
log.InitLogger(false, false)
log.InitLogger(false, false, false)
if err := plugin.Run(context.Background(), runAsPlugin, plugin.Options{Args: os.Args[1:]}); err != nil {
return xerrors.Errorf("plugin error: %w", err)
}
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Expand Up @@ -118,6 +118,17 @@ The following example will fail when a critical vulnerability is found or the OS
$ trivy image --exit-code 1 --exit-on-eol 1 --severity CRITICAL alpine:3.16.3
```

## No Color
| Scanner | Supported |
|:----------------:|:---------:|
| Vulnerability | ✓ |
| Misconfiguration | ✓ |
| Secret | ✓ |
| License | ✓ |

By default, `Trivy` uses color output in the terminal.
Use the `--no-color` option if you don't want to use color output.

## Mirror Registries

!!! warning "EXPERIMENTAL"
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Expand Up @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ trivy [global flags] command [flags] target
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
-h, --help help for trivy
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--module-dir string specify directory to the wasm modules that will be loaded (default "$HOME/.trivy/modules")
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--module-dir string specify directory to the wasm modules that will be loaded (default "$HOME/.trivy/modules")
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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-d, --debug debug mode
--generate-default-config write the default config to trivy-default.yaml
--insecure allow insecure server connections
--no-color Remove color from output
-q, --quiet suppress progress bar and log output
--timeout duration timeout (default 5m0s)
-v, --version show version
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