fix: respect output format from client ctx

instead of flag only

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ Every module contains its own CHANGELOG.md. Please refer to the module you are i
 * (baseapp) [#19970](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/19970) Fix default config values to use no-op mempool as default.
 * (crypto) [#20027](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/20027) secp256r1 keys now implement gogoproto's customtype interface.
 * (x/bank) [#20028](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/20028) Align query with multi denoms for send-enabled.
+* (cli) [#](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/) Respect output format from client ctx.
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
 

client/v2/autocli/common.go

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	autocliv1 "cosmossdk.io/api/cosmos/autocli/v1"
 	"cosmossdk.io/client/v2/internal/flags"
 	"cosmossdk.io/client/v2/internal/util"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 )
 
 type cmdType int
@@ -224,11 +226,15 @@ func enhanceCustomCmd(builder *Builder, cmd *cobra.Command, cmdType cmdType, mod
 
 // outOrStdoutFormat formats the output based on the output flag and writes it to the command's output stream.
 func (b *Builder) outOrStdoutFormat(cmd *cobra.Command, out []byte) error {
-	var err error
-	outputType := cmd.Flag(flags.FlagOutput)
+	clientCtx, err := client.GetClientTxContext(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	outputType := clientCtx.OutputFormat
 	// if the output type is text, convert the json to yaml
 	// if output type is json or nil, default to json
-	if outputType != nil && outputType.Value.String() == flags.OutputFormatText {
+	if outputType == flags.OutputFormatText {
 		out, err = yaml.JSONToYAML(out)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err