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The aim of the project is to be the [jq](https://github.com/stedolan/jq) or sed of yaml files.
## New version!
V3 is officially out - if you've been using v2 and want/need to upgrade, checkout the [upgrade guide](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/upgrading-from-v2).
## Install
### On MacOS:
```
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## Features
- Written in portable go, so you can download a lovely dependency free binary
- Deep read a yaml file with a given path
- Update a yaml file given a path
- Update a yaml file given a script file
- [Deep read a yaml file with a given path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#basic)
- [List matching paths of a given path expression](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/commands/read#path-only)
- 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 creates any missing entries in the path on the fly
- Create a yaml file given a deep path and value
- Create a yaml file given a script file
- Prefix a path to a yaml file
- Convert from json to yaml
- Convert from yaml to json
- Pipe data in by using '-'
- Merge multiple yaml files where each additional file sets values for missing or null value keys.
- Merge multiple yaml files and override previous values.
- Merge multiple yaml files and append array values.
- Supports multiple documents in a single yaml file
- Keeps yaml formatting and comments when updating
- 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)
- [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)
## [Usage](http://mikefarah.github.io/yq/)
## [Usage](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/)
Check out the [documentation](http://mikefarah.github.io/yq/) for more detailed and advanced usage.
Check out the [documentation](https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/) for more detailed and advanced usage.
```
yq is a lightweight and portable command-line YAML processor. It aims to be the jq or sed of yaml files.
Usage:
yq [flags]
yq [command]
Available Commands:
delete yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c
delete yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fred).value'
help Help about any command
merge yq m [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] [--overwrite/-x] [--append/-a] sample.yaml sample2.yaml
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 [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c
write yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml a.b.c newValue
read yq r [--printMode/-p pv] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value'
write yq w [--inplace/-i] [--script/-s script_file] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value' newValue
Flags:
-h, --help help for yq
-t, --trim trim yaml output (default true)
-j, --tojson output as json
-v, --verbose verbose mode
-V, --version Print version information and quit
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3. add unit tests
4. apply changes to go.mod
5. `make [local] build`
6. If required, update the user documentation
- Update README.md and/or documentation under the mkdocs folder
- `make [local] build-docs`
- browse to docs/index.html and check your changes
7. profit