The `or` and `and` operators take two parameters and return a boolean result. `not` flips a boolean from true to false, or vice versa. These are most commonly used with the `select` operator to filter particular nodes.
## OR example
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input 'true or false'
```
will output
```yaml
true
```

## AND example
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input 'true and false'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Matching nodes with select, equals and or
Given a sample.yml file of:
```yaml
- a: bird
  b: dog
- a: frog
  b: bird
- a: cat
  b: fly
```
then
```bash
yq eval '[.[] | select(.a == "cat" or .b == "dog")]' sample.yml
```
will output
```yaml
- a: bird
  b: dog
- a: cat
  b: fly
```

## Not true is false
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input 'true | not'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Not false is true
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input 'false | not'
```
will output
```yaml
true
```

## String values considered to be true
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input '"cat" | not'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Empty string value considered to be true
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input '"" | not'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Numbers are considered to be true
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input '1 | not'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Zero is considered to be true
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input '0 | not'
```
will output
```yaml
false
```

## Null is considered to be false
Running
```bash
yq eval --null-input '~ | not'
```
will output
```yaml
true
```