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							| @ -108,21 +108,17 @@ Supported by @rmescandon (https://launchpad.net/~rmescandon/+archive/ubuntu/yq) | |||||||
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| ## Features | ## Features | ||||||
| - Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary | - Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary | ||||||
|  | - Uses similar syntax as `jq` but works with YAML and JSON files | ||||||
|  | - Fully supports multi document yaml files | ||||||
| - Colorized yaml output | - Colorized yaml output | ||||||
| - [Deep read a yaml file with a given path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/traverse) | - [Deeply traverse yaml](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/traverse) | ||||||
| - [Return the lengths of arrays/object/scalars](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#printing-length-of-the-results) | - [Sort yaml by keys](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/sort-keys) | ||||||
| - Update a yaml file given a [path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#basic) or [script file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#basic) | - [Update yaml inplace](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/evaluate#flags) | ||||||
| - Update creates any missing entries in the path on the fly | - [Complex expressions to select and update](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/select#select-and-update-matching-values-in-map) | ||||||
| - Deeply [compare](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/compare) yaml files | - Keeps yaml formatting and comments when updating (though there are issues with whitespace) | ||||||
| - Keeps yaml formatting and comments when updating | - [Convert to/from json to yaml](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/usage/convert) | ||||||
| - [Validate a yaml file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/validate) | - [Pipe data in by using '-'](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/evaluate) | ||||||
| - Create a yaml file given a [deep path and value](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/create#creating-a-simple-yaml-file) or a [script file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/create#creating-using-a-create-script) | - General shell completion scripts (bash/zsh/fish/powershell) (https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/commands/shell-completion) | ||||||
| - [Prefix a path to a yaml file](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/prefix) |  | ||||||
| - [Convert to/from json to yaml](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/usage/convert) |  | ||||||
| - [Pipe data in by using '-'](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#from-stdin) |  | ||||||
| - [Merge](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge) multiple yaml files with various options for [overriding](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#overwrite-values) and [appending](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#append-values-with-arrays) |  | ||||||
| - Supports multiple documents in a single yaml file for [reading](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#multiple-documents), [writing](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/write-update#multiple-documents) and [merging](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/merge#multiple-documents) |  | ||||||
| - General shell completion scripts (bash/zsh/fish/powershell) (https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/shell-completion) |  | ||||||
| 
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 | ||||||
| ## [Usage](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/) | ## [Usage](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/) | ||||||
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| @ -134,32 +130,35 @@ Usage: | |||||||
|   yq [command] |   yq [command] | ||||||
| 
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| Available Commands: | Available Commands: | ||||||
|   compare          yq x [--prettyPrint/-P] dataA.yaml dataB.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' |   eval             Apply expression to each document in each yaml file given in sequence | ||||||
|   delete           yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fred)' |   eval-all         Loads _all_ yaml documents of _all_ yaml files and runs expression once | ||||||
|   help             Help about any command |   help             Help about any command | ||||||
|   merge            yq m [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] [--overwrite/-x] [--append/-a] sample.yaml sample2.yaml |   shell-completion Generate completion script | ||||||
|   new              yq n [--script/-s script_file] a.b.c newValue |  | ||||||
|   prefix           yq p [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c |  | ||||||
|   read             yq r [--printMode/-p pv] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' |  | ||||||
|   shell-completion Generates shell completion scripts |  | ||||||
|   validate         yq v sample.yaml |  | ||||||
|   write            yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' newValue |  | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| Flags: | Flags: | ||||||
|   -C, --colors        print with colors |   -C, --colors        force print with colors | ||||||
|  |   -e, --exit-status   set exit status if there are no matches or null or false is returned | ||||||
|   -h, --help          help for yq |   -h, --help          help for yq | ||||||
|   -I, --indent int    sets indent level for output (default 2) |   -I, --indent int    sets indent level for output (default 2) | ||||||
|   -P, --prettyPrint   pretty print |   -i, --inplace       update the yaml file inplace of first yaml file given. | ||||||
|   -j, --tojson        output as json. By default it prints a json document in one line, use the prettyPrint flag to print a formatted doc. |   -M, --no-colors     force print with no colors | ||||||
|  |   -N, --no-doc        Don't print document separators (---) | ||||||
|  |   -n, --null-input    Don't read input, simply evaluate the expression given. Useful for creating yaml docs from scratch. | ||||||
|  |   -j, --tojson        output as json. Set indent to 0 to print json in one line. | ||||||
|   -v, --verbose       verbose mode |   -v, --verbose       verbose mode | ||||||
|   -V, --version       Print version information and quit |   -V, --version       Print version information and quit | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| Use "yq [command] --help" for more information about a command. | Use "yq [command] --help" for more information about a command. | ||||||
| ``` | ``` | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| ## Upgrade from V2 | Simple Example: | ||||||
| If you've been using v2 and want/need to upgrade, checkout the [upgrade guide](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/upgrading-from-v2). | 
 | ||||||
|  | ```bash | ||||||
|  | yq e '.a.b | length' f1.yml f2.yml  | ||||||
|  | ``` | ||||||
|  | 
 | ||||||
|  | ## Upgrade from V3 | ||||||
|  | If you've been using v3 and want/need to upgrade, checkout the [upgrade guide](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/v/v4.x/upgrading-from-v3). | ||||||
| 
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 | ||||||
| ## Known Issues / Missing Features | ## Known Issues / Missing Features | ||||||
| - `yq` attempts to preserve comment positions and whitespace as much as possible, but it does not handle all scenarios (see https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/tree/v3 for details) | - `yq` attempts to preserve comment positions and whitespace as much as possible, but it does not handle all scenarios (see https://github.com/go-yaml/yaml/tree/v3 for details) | ||||||
| - You cannot (yet) select multiple paths/keys from the yaml to be printed out (https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/issues/287) |  | ||||||
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