WUI is more useful than CLI

[gdt]

There are things that the WUI can do (e.g., attenuate caps, list a directory and show all the various caps of entries) that can't be done in the CLI. Using the WUI usually involves using web browsers which handle secrets as URLs and form contents, rather than solely as passwords. While some people prefer WUI-type interfaces, given the security issues it's bad to encourage their use by having the CLI be less capable.

This ticket is really about things the WUI can do that involve capabilities. I don't have an objection to the status page not being implemented in the CLI.

[davidsarah]

Attenuating caps using the CLI is #1299.

To include URIs in directory listings, use the --uri and --readonly-uri options to tahoe ls. These are documented in tahoe ls --help; is there anything else we could do to make them more discoverable?

[gdt]

I found ls --json, which addresses my need (really understand directory contents and see all the data that is there). I don't have a good answer for why I didn't read the help.

Perhaps "get" on a directory should suggest ls --json. Between that and ls --json, that more or less obviates the need for get to work on directories.

[davidsarah]

Also see #1856 (CLI command to generate an incident report).