yq/pkg/yqlib/doc/operators/headers/equals.md

Equals / Not Equals

This is a boolean operator that will return true if the LHS is equal to the RHS and false otherwise.

.a == .b

It is most often used with the select operator to find particular nodes:

select(.a == .b)

The not equals != operator returns false if the LHS is equal to the RHS.

Related Operators

• comparison (>=, < etc) operators (here)[https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/compare]
• boolean operators (and, or, any etc) (here)[https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/boolean-operators]
• select operator (here)[https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/operators/select]