# Flatten This recursively flattens arrays. ## Flatten Recursively flattens all arrays Given a sample.yml file of: ```yaml [1, [2], [[3]]] ``` then ```bash yq 'flatten' sample.yml ``` will output ```yaml [1, 2, 3] ``` ## Flatten with depth of one Given a sample.yml file of: ```yaml [1, [2], [[3]]] ``` then ```bash yq 'flatten(1)' sample.yml ``` will output ```yaml [1, 2, [3]] ``` ## Flatten empty array Given a sample.yml file of: ```yaml [[]] ``` then ```bash yq 'flatten' sample.yml ``` will output ```yaml [] ``` ## Flatten array of objects Given a sample.yml file of: ```yaml [{foo: bar}, [{foo: baz}]] ``` then ```bash yq 'flatten' sample.yml ``` will output ```yaml [{foo: bar}, {foo: baz}] ```