Fixing the Help Message

main.go

@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ func usage() {
 	// print in fine columns with fixed width
 	displayfmt := "%-20s %-20s\n"
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --help", "to display help")
-	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --sortby", "sort by ", utils.PrintValidSorts)
+	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --sortby", utils.PrintValidSorts())
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --filternodes", "filter based on node name")
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --filtercolor", "filter based on color category <30 Green, >30 <70 Orange, >70 Red")
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --filterlabels", "filter based on labels")
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --desc", "to enable reverse sort")
 	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --debug", "enable debug mode")
-	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --metrics", "choose which metrics", utils.PrintValidMetrics())
+	fmt.Printf(displayfmt, "  --metrics", utils.PrintValidMetrics())
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 

utils/validations.go

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
+import "strings"
+
 var ValidColors = map[string]bool{
 	"red":    true,
 	"green":  true,
@@ -45,18 +47,19 @@ func PrintValidColors() []string {
 	return result
 }
 
-func PrintValidMetrics() []string {
+func PrintValidMetrics() string {
 	var result []string
 	for k := range ValidMetrics {
 		result = append(result, k)
 	}
-	return result
+	return "Choose one of ["+strings.Join(result, ", ")+"]"
 }
 
-func PrintValidSorts() []string {
+func PrintValidSorts() string {
 	var result []string
 	for k := range ValidSorts {
 		result = append(result, k)
 	}
-	return result
+	// return comma separated string
+	return "Choose one of ["+strings.Join(result, ", ")+"]"
 }