package cmd import ( errors "github.com/pkg/errors" "github.com/spf13/cobra" ) func createReadCmd() *cobra.Command { var cmdRead = &cobra.Command{ Use: "read [yaml_file] [path_expression]", Aliases: []string{"r"}, Short: "yq r [--printMode/-p pv] sample.yaml 'b.e(name==fr*).value'", Example: ` yq read things.yaml 'a.b.c' yq r - 'a.b.c' # reads from stdin yq r things.yaml 'a.*.c' yq r things.yaml 'a.**.c' # deep splat yq r things.yaml 'a.(child.subchild==co*).c' yq r -d1 things.yaml 'a.array[0].blah' yq r things.yaml 'a.array[*].blah' yq r -- things.yaml '--key-starting-with-dashes.blah' `, Long: "Outputs the value of the given path in the yaml file to STDOUT", RunE: readProperty, } cmdRead.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&docIndex, "doc", "d", "0", "process document index number (0 based, * for all documents)") cmdRead.PersistentFlags().StringVarP(&printMode, "printMode", "p", "v", "print mode (v (values, default), p (paths), pv (path and value pairs)") cmdRead.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&prettyPrint, "prettyPrint", "P", false, "pretty print (does not have an affect with json output)") return cmdRead } func readProperty(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error { var path = "" if len(args) < 1 { return errors.New("Must provide filename") } else if len(args) > 1 { path = args[1] } var updateAll, docIndexInt, errorParsingDocIndex = parseDocumentIndex() if errorParsingDocIndex != nil { return errorParsingDocIndex } matchingNodes, errorReadingStream := readYamlFile(args[0], path, updateAll, docIndexInt) if errorReadingStream != nil { return errorReadingStream } if prettyPrint { setStyle(matchingNodes, 0) } return printResults(matchingNodes, cmd) }