diff --git a/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/cli/K8sPodListCommand.java b/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/cli/K8sPodListCommand.java
index 7845df1..c597b01 100644
--- a/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/cli/K8sPodListCommand.java
+++ b/apps/k8s-networking/app/src/main/java/org/onosproject/k8snetworking/cli/K8sPodListCommand.java
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Pod;
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.utils.Serialization;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.Command;
 import org.apache.karaf.shell.api.action.lifecycle.Service;
 import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
@@ -30,6 +32,12 @@
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.CLI_CONTAINERS_LENGTH;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.CLI_IP_ADDRESS_LENGTH;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.CLI_MARGIN_LENGTH;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.CLI_NAMESPACE_LENGTH;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.api.Constants.CLI_NAME_LENGTH;
+import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.util.K8sNetworkingUtil.genFormatString;
 import static org.onosproject.k8snetworking.util.K8sNetworkingUtil.prettyJson;
 
 /**
@@ -40,18 +48,19 @@
         description = "Lists all kubernetes pods")
 public class K8sPodListCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
 
-    private static final String FORMAT = "%-50s%-15s%-15s%-30s";
-
     @Override
     protected void doExecute() {
         K8sPodService service = get(K8sPodService.class);
         List<Pod> pods = Lists.newArrayList(service.pods());
         pods.sort(Comparator.comparing(p -> p.getMetadata().getName()));
 
+        String format = genFormatString(ImmutableList.of(CLI_NAME_LENGTH,
+                CLI_NAMESPACE_LENGTH, CLI_IP_ADDRESS_LENGTH, CLI_CONTAINERS_LENGTH));
+
         if (outputJson()) {
             print("%s", json(pods));
         } else {
-            print(FORMAT, "Name", "Namespace", "IP Address", "Containers");
+            print(format, "Name", "Namespace", "IP Address", "Containers");
 
             for (Pod pod : pods) {
 
@@ -59,10 +68,13 @@
 
                 pod.getSpec().getContainers().forEach(c -> containers.add(c.getName()));
 
-                print(FORMAT,
-                        pod.getMetadata().getName(),
-                        pod.getMetadata().getNamespace(),
-                        pod.getStatus().getPodIP(),
+                print(format,
+                        StringUtils.substring(pod.getMetadata().getName(),
+                                0, CLI_NAME_LENGTH - CLI_MARGIN_LENGTH),
+                        StringUtils.substring(pod.getMetadata().getNamespace(),
+                                0, CLI_NAMESPACE_LENGTH - CLI_MARGIN_LENGTH),
+                        StringUtils.substring(pod.getStatus().getPodIP(),
+                                0, CLI_IP_ADDRESS_LENGTH - CLI_MARGIN_LENGTH),
                         containers.isEmpty() ? "" : containers);
             }
         }