Added strip comments functionality

cmd/utils.go

@@ -114,6 +114,22 @@ func printNode(node *yaml.Node, writer io.Writer) error {
 	return encoder.Encode(node)
 }
 
+func removeComments(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext) {
+	for _, nodeContext := range matchingNodes {
+		removeCommentOfNode(nodeContext.Node)
+	}
+}
+
+func removeCommentOfNode(node *yaml.Node) {
+	node.HeadComment = ""
+	node.LineComment = ""
+	node.FootComment = ""
+
+	for _, child := range node.Content {
+		removeCommentOfNode(child)
+	}
+}
+
 func setStyle(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext, style yaml.Style) {
 	for _, nodeContext := range matchingNodes {
 		updateStyleOfNode(nodeContext.Node, style)
@@ -160,6 +176,10 @@ func printResults(matchingNodes []*yqlib.NodeContext, writer io.Writer) error {
 		setStyle(matchingNodes, 0)
 	}
 
+	if stripComments {
+		removeComments(matchingNodes)
+	}
+
 	//always explode anchors when printing json
 	if explodeAnchors || outputToJSON {
 		errorExploding := explode(matchingNodes)