From a67255c170fa23b87267bb9644ed10d38d13baec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deads2k <deads@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:48:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] make sure that the template param is the right type before
 using it

---
 pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
index b1e9b3527d5..4aee9ebc0e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/util/printing.go
@@ -160,8 +160,10 @@ func extractOutputOptions(cmd *cobra.Command) *printers.OutputOptions {
 	// templates are logically optional for specifying a format.
 	// TODO once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/12668 is fixed, this should fall back to GetFlagString
 	var templateFile string
-	if flags.Lookup("template") != nil {
-		templateFile = GetFlagString(cmd, "template")
+	if flag := flags.Lookup("template"); flag != nil {
+		if flag.Value.Type() == "string" {
+			templateFile = GetFlagString(cmd, "template")
+		}
 	}
 	if len(outputFormat) == 0 && len(templateFile) != 0 {
 		outputFormat = "template"