How Do I Retrieve and Save My kubeconfig.yaml With the Linode-CLI?

The Linode-CLI returns the Base64-encoded Kubeconfig file for a Kubernetes cluster with the following command.

linode-cli lke kubeconfig-view $clusterID

We can decode it and save it to a file with the following one-liner:

linode-cli lke kubeconfig-view $clusterID --text | sed 1d | base64 --decode > $kubeconfig.yaml

To break down what's happening here:

# retrieve the output in a text format
linode-cli lke kubeconfig-view $clusterID --text 

# remove the unneeded "kubeconfig" line
sed 1d

# decode
base64 --decode

# redirect output into a file
> kubeconfig.yaml