yq/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/assign-update.md

# Assign (Update)

This operator is used to update node values. It can be used in either the:

### plain form: `=`
Which will assign the LHS node values to the RHS node values. The RHS expression is run against the matching nodes in the pipeline.

### relative form: `|=`
This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against _the LHS nodes_. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment.


### Flags
- `c` clobber custom tags
Update document generation script 2021-11-03 04:00:58 +00:00			`# Assign (Update)`

Added plain assignment 2020-11-19 06:08:13 +00:00			`This operator is used to update node values. It can be used in either the:`

			### plain form: `=`
			`Which will assign the LHS node values to the RHS node values. The RHS expression is run against the matching nodes in the pipeline.`

			### relative form: `\|=`
Added new "c" flag to clobber custom tags when needed 2022-08-29 05:37:25 +00:00			`This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against _the LHS nodes_. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment.`


			`### Flags`
			- `c` clobber custom tags