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```
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yq w <yaml_file> <path> <new value>
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```
### To Stdout
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
```
then
```bash
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yq w sample.yaml b.c cat
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```
will output:
```yaml
b:
c: cat
```
### From STDIN
```bash
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cat sample.yaml | yq w - b.c blah
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```
### Adding new fields
Any missing fields in the path will be created on the fly.
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
```
then
```bash
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yq w sample.yaml b.d[0] "new thing"
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```
will output:
```yaml
b:
c: cat
d:
- new thing
```
### Appending value to an array field
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
d:
- new thing
- foo thing
```
then
```bash
yq w sample.yaml "b.d[+]" "bar thing"
```
will output:
```yaml
b:
c: cat
d:
- new thing
- foo thing
- bar thing
```
Note that the path is in quotes to avoid the square brackets being interpreted by your shell.
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### Multiple Documents - update a single document
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
something: else
---
b:
c: 2
```
then
```bash
yq w -d1 sample.yaml b.c 5
```
will output:
```yaml
something: else
---
b:
c: 5
```
### Multiple Documents - update all documents
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
something: else
---
b:
c: 2
```
then
```bash
yq w -d'*' sample.yaml b.c 5
```
will output:
```yaml
something: else
b:
c: 5
---
b:
c: 5
```
Note that '*' is in quotes to avoid being interpreted by your shell.
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### Updating files in-place
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
```
then
```bash
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yq w -i sample.yaml b.c cat
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```
will update the sample.yaml file so that the value of 'c' is cat.
### Updating multiple values with a script
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
e:
- name: Billy Bob
```
and a script update_instructions.yaml of:
```yaml
b.c: 3
b.e[0].name: Howdy Partner
```
then
```bash
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yq w -s update_instructions.yaml sample.yaml
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```
will output:
```yaml
b:
c: 3
e:
- name: Howdy Partner
```
And, of course, you can pipe the instructions in using '-':
```bash
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cat update_instructions.yaml | yq w -s - sample.yaml
```
### Values starting with a hyphen (or dash)
The flag terminator needs to be used to stop the app from attempting to parse the subsequent arguments as flags:
```
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yq w -- my.path -3
```
will output
```yaml
my:
path: -3
```
{!snippets/keys_with_dots.md!}