diff --git a/cluster/tools/kartongips/pkg/kubecfg/show.go b/cluster/tools/kartongips/pkg/kubecfg/show.go
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+// Copyright 2017 The kubecfg authors
+//
+//
+//    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+//    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+//    You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+//    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+//    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+//    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+//    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+//    limitations under the License.
+
+package kubecfg
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
+)
+
+// ShowCmd represents the show subcommand
+type ShowCmd struct {
+	Format string
+}
+
+func (c ShowCmd) Run(apiObjects []*unstructured.Unstructured, out io.Writer) error {
+	switch c.Format {
+	case "yaml":
+		for _, obj := range apiObjects {
+			fmt.Fprintln(out, "---")
+			// Urgh.  Go via json because we need
+			// to trigger the custom scheme
+			// encoding.
+			buf, err := json.Marshal(obj)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			o := map[string]interface{}{}
+			if err := json.Unmarshal(buf, &o); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			buf, err = yaml.Marshal(o)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			out.Write(buf)
+		}
+	case "json":
+		enc := json.NewEncoder(out)
+		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		for _, obj := range apiObjects {
+			// TODO: this is not valid framing for JSON
+			if len(apiObjects) > 1 {
+				fmt.Fprintln(out, "---")
+			}
+			if err := enc.Encode(obj); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown --format: %s", c.Format)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}