package cmd import ( "github.com/mikefarah/yq/v3/pkg/yqlib" errors "github.com/pkg/errors" "github.com/spf13/cobra" ) func createDeleteCmd() *cobra.Command { var cmdDelete = &cobra.Command{ Use: "delete [yaml_file] [path_expression]", Aliases: []string{"d"}, Short: "yq d [--inplace/-i] [--doc/-d index] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fred)'", Example: ` yq delete things.yaml 'a.b.c' yq delete things.yaml 'a.*.c' yq delete things.yaml 'a.(child.subchild==co*).c' yq delete things.yaml 'a.**' yq delete --inplace things.yaml 'a.b.c' yq delete --inplace -- things.yaml '--key-starting-with-dash' # need to use '--' to stop processing arguments as flags yq d -i things.yaml 'a.b.c' `, Long: `Deletes the nodes matching the given path expression from the YAML file. Outputs to STDOUT unless the inplace flag is used, in which case the file is updated instead. `, RunE: deleteProperty, } cmdDelete.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&writeInplace, "inplace", "i", false, "update the yaml file inplace") cmdDelete.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&docIndex, "doc", "d", "0", "process document index number (0 based, * for all documents)") return cmdDelete } func deleteProperty(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { if len(args) < 2 { return errors.New("Must provide ") } var updateCommands []yqlib.UpdateCommand = make([]yqlib.UpdateCommand, 1) updateCommands[0] = yqlib.UpdateCommand{Command: "delete", Path: args[1]} return updateDoc(args[0], updateCommands, cmd.OutOrStdout()) }