Provide helper function to retrieve default coloumns when using `-t`
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Description
### Proposal
Add a new helper function to be used in CLI outputs with `-t` that provides the default columns for the command.
### Use-cases
When using `-t` to format a command output users have to declare all the columns they want. In some cases all that is needed is to expand the default output with a few more values, but currently this requires re-declaring all columns.
For example, `nomad node status` outputs the following:
```console
$ nomad node status
ID DC Name Class Drain Eligibility Status
83a42fd9 dc1 laoqui-GDP2M7PY2N false eligible ready
```
To add a new column we would need to do run the command as:
```console
$ nomad node status -t '{{range .}}{{.ID}} {{.Datacenter}} {{.Name}} {{.NodeClass}} {{.Drain}} {{.SchedulingEligibility}} {{.Version}}{{end}}'
83a42fd9-7864-753d-f6b2-42900171fb33 dc1 laoqui-GDP2M7PY2N false eligible 1.5.0
```
If a helper function were available this command could be reduced to:
```console
$ nomad node status -t '{{range .}}{{.DefaultColoumns}} {{.Version}}{{end}}'
83a42fd9-7864-753d-f6b2-42900171fb33 dc1 laoqui-GDP2M7PY2N false eligible 1.5.0
```
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Research direction
Start by tracing the CLI implementation for `nomad node status` and how its default columns are assembled for `-t` output. Identify the relevant output paths and tests, then verify that a helper exposes the default columns for templates without requiring users to redeclare them.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100