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+```
+/viper  5 main   130  go run main.go validate --format markdown
+viper is providing "" for format flag
+/viper  5 main   
+```
+I'm trying to bind viper to a PersistentFlag set on the RootCmd, and access it in the RunE method of a subcommand.