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yq [command]
Available Commands:
delete yq d [--inplace/-i] sample.yaml a.b.c
help Help about any command
merge yq m [--inplace/-i] [--overwrite/-x] sample.yaml sample2.yaml
new yq n [--script/-s script_file] a.b.c newValueForC

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<h1>Delete</h1>
<pre><code>yq d &lt;yaml_file|json_file&gt; &lt;path_to_delete&gt;
</code></pre>
<p>This command can take a json file as input too, and will output yaml unless specified to export as json (-j)</p>
<h3 id="to-stdout">To Stdout<a class="headerlink" href="#to-stdout" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
<p>Given a sample.yaml file of:</p>
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c: 2
apples: green
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apples: green
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c:
- 1
- 2
- 3
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<pre><code class="bash">yq d sample.yaml 'b.c[1]'
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- 3
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apples: green
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<loc>/create/</loc>
<lastmod>2018-02-28</lastmod>
<lastmod>2018-05-07</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
@ -36,7 +44,7 @@
<url>
<loc>/convert/</loc>
<lastmod>2018-02-28</lastmod>
<lastmod>2018-05-07</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
@ -44,7 +52,7 @@
<url>
<loc>/merge/</loc>
<lastmod>2018-02-28</lastmod>
<lastmod>2018-05-07</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>

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@ -319,6 +319,18 @@
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../delete/" title="Delete" class="md-nav__link">
Delete
</a>
</li>
<li class="md-nav__item">
<a href="../create/" title="Create" class="md-nav__link">
Create
@ -603,13 +615,13 @@ b.e[0].name: Howdy Partner
</a>
<a href="../create/" title="Create" class="md-flex md-footer-nav__link md-footer-nav__link--next" rel="next">
<a href="../delete/" title="Delete" class="md-flex md-footer-nav__link md-footer-nav__link--next" rel="next">
<div class="md-flex__cell md-flex__cell--stretch md-footer-nav__title">
<span class="md-flex__ellipsis">
<span class="md-footer-nav__direction">
Next
</span>
Create
Delete
</span>
</div>
<div class="md-flex__cell md-flex__cell--shrink">

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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pages:
- Install: index.md
- Read: read.md
- Write/Update: write.md
- Delete: delete.md
- Create: create.md
- Convert: convert.md
- Merge: merge.md

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@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
```
yq d <yaml_file|json_file> <path_to_delete>
```
{!snippets/works_with_json.md!}
### To Stdout
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
apples: green
```
then
```bash
yq d sample.yaml b.c
```
will output:
```yaml
b:
apples: green
```
### From STDIN
```bash
cat sample.yaml | yq d - b.c
```
### Deleting array elements
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c:
- 1
- 2
- 3
```
then
```bash
yq d sample.yaml 'b.c[1]'
```
will output:
```yaml
b:
c:
- 1
- 3
```
### Deleting nodes in-place
Given a sample.yaml file of:
```yaml
b:
c: 2
apples: green
```
then
```bash
yq d -i sample.yaml b.c
```
will update the sample.yaml file so that the 'c' node is deleted
{!snippets/keys_with_dots.md!}