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<b>Pro-tip:</b> Please use either <b>--format1</b>, or <b>--iformat1
--oformat2</b>. If you use <b>--format1 --oformat2</b> then what happens is
that flags are set up for input <i>and</i> output for format1, some of which
are overwritten for output in format2. For technical reasons, having
<tt>--oformat2</tt> clobber all the output-related effects of
<tt>--format1</tt> also removes some flexibility from the command-line
interface. See also
<a href="https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/180">https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/180</a> and
<a href="https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/199">https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/199</a>.
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<b>Pro-tip:</b> Please use either <b>--format1</b>, or <b>--iformat1
--oformat2</b>. If you use <b>--format1 --oformat2</b> then what happens is
that flags are set up for input <i>and</i> output for format1, some of which
are overwritten for output in format2. For technical reasons, having
<tt>--oformat2</tt> clobber all the output-related effects of
<tt>--format1</tt> also removes some flexibility from the command-line
interface. See also
<a href="https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/180">https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/180</a> and
<a href="https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/199">https://github.com/johnkerl/miller/issues/199</a>.
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