--- a/tools/Master.cpp	Fri Jun 06 09:27:24 2008 +0000
+++ b/tools/Master.cpp	Fri Jun 06 09:34:20 2008 +0000
@@ -209,31 +209,31 @@
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-void Master::listPdos(int slavePosition)
+void Master::listPdos(int slavePosition, bool quiet)
 {
     if (slavePosition == -1) {
         unsigned int numSlaves = slaveCount(), i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < numSlaves; i++) {
-            listSlavePdos(i, true);
+            listSlavePdos(i, quiet, true);
         }
     } else {
-        listSlavePdos(slavePosition, false);
-    }
-}
-
-/****************************************************************************/
-
-void Master::listSdos(int slavePosition)
+        listSlavePdos(slavePosition, quiet, false);
+    }
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+void Master::listSdos(int slavePosition, bool quiet)
 {
     if (slavePosition == -1) {
         unsigned int numSlaves = slaveCount(), i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < numSlaves; i++) {
-            listSlaveSdos(i, true);
+            listSlaveSdos(i, quiet, true);
         }
     } else {
-        listSlaveSdos(slavePosition, false);
+        listSlaveSdos(slavePosition, quiet, false);
     }
 }
 
@@ -390,7 +390,11 @@
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-void Master::listSlavePdos(uint16_t slavePosition, bool withHeader)
+void Master::listSlavePdos(
+        uint16_t slavePosition,
+        bool quiet,
+        bool withHeader
+        )
 {
     ec_ioctl_slave_t slave;
     ec_ioctl_sync_t sync;
@@ -424,6 +428,9 @@
                 << hex << setfill('0') << setw(4) << pdo.index
                 << " \"" << pdo.name << "\"" << endl;
 
+            if (quiet)
+                continue;
+
             for (k = 0; k < pdo.entry_count; k++) {
                 getPdoEntry(&entry, slavePosition, i, j, k);
 
@@ -440,7 +447,11 @@
 
 /****************************************************************************/
 
-void Master::listSlaveSdos(uint16_t slavePosition, bool withHeader)
+void Master::listSlaveSdos(
+        uint16_t slavePosition,
+        bool quiet,
+        bool withHeader
+        )
 {
     ec_ioctl_slave_t slave;
     ec_ioctl_sdo_t sdo;
@@ -459,6 +470,9 @@
             << hex << setfill('0') << setw(4) << sdo.sdo_index
             << ", \"" << sdo.name << "\"" << endl;
 
+        if (quiet)
+            continue;
+
         for (j = 0; j <= sdo.max_subindex; j++) {
             getSdoEntry(&entry, slavePosition, i, j);
 

--- a/tools/Master.h	Fri Jun 06 09:27:24 2008 +0000
+++ b/tools/Master.h	Fri Jun 06 09:34:20 2008 +0000
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
         void showDomains(int);
         void listSlaves();
         void showMaster();
-        void listPdos(int);
-        void listSdos(int);
+        void listPdos(int, bool = false);
+        void listSdos(int, bool = false);
         void requestStates(int, const vector<string> &);
         void generateXml(int);
 
     protected:
         void outputDomainData(unsigned int);
         void showDomain(unsigned int);
-        void listSlavePdos(uint16_t, bool = false);
-        void listSlaveSdos(uint16_t, bool = false);
+        void listSlavePdos(uint16_t, bool = false, bool = false);
+        void listSlaveSdos(uint16_t, bool = false, bool = false);
         void generateSlaveXml(uint16_t);
         unsigned int domainCount();
         unsigned int slaveCount();

--- a/tools/main.cpp	Fri Jun 06 09:27:24 2008 +0000
+++ b/tools/main.cpp	Fri Jun 06 09:34:20 2008 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 static int domainIndex = DEFAULT_DOMAININDEX;
 static string command = DEFAULT_COMMAND;
 vector<string> commandArgs;
+static bool quiet = false;
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
         << endl
         << "                         or 'all' for all domains (default)."
         << endl
+        << "  --quiet   -q           Show less output." << endl
         << "  --help    -h           Show this help." << endl;
 }
 
@@ -68,12 +70,13 @@
         {"master", required_argument, NULL, 'm'},
         {"slave",  required_argument, NULL, 's'},
         {"domain", required_argument, NULL, 'd'},
+        {"quiet",  no_argument,       NULL, 'q'},
         {"help",   no_argument,       NULL, 'h'},
         {}
     };
 
     do {
-        c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "m:s:d:h", longOptions, &optionIndex);
+        c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "m:s:d:qh", longOptions, &optionIndex);
 
         switch (c) {
             case 'm':
@@ -117,6 +120,10 @@
                 }
                 break;
 
+            case 'q':
+                quiet = true;
+                break;
+
             case 'h':
             case '?':
                 printUsage();
@@ -163,9 +170,9 @@
 		} else if (command == "master") {
             master.showMaster();
         } else if (command == "pdos") {
-            master.listPdos(slavePosition);
+            master.listPdos(slavePosition, quiet);
         } else if (command == "sdos") {
-            master.listSdos(slavePosition);
+            master.listSdos(slavePosition, quiet);
         } else if (command == "state") {
             master.requestStates(slavePosition, commandArgs);
         } else if (command == "xml") {