1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common.go b/cmd/podman/common.go
index ae4bbd65d..921f30b84 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common.go
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-const crioConfigPath = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
+const (
+	crioConfigPath = "/etc/crio/crio.conf"
+	idTruncLength  = 12
+)
 
 func getRuntime(c *cli.Context) (*libpod.Runtime, error) {
 
@@ -88,6 +91,13 @@ func splitCamelCase(src string) string {
 	return strings.Join(entries, " ")
 }
 
+func shortID(id string) string {
+	if len(id) > idTruncLength {
+		return id[:idTruncLength]
+	}
+	return id
+}
+
 // validateFlags searches for StringFlags or StringSlice flags that never had
 // a value set.  This commonly occurs when the CLI mistakenly takes the next
 // option and uses it as a value.