mirror of
https://github.com/mikefarah/yq.git
synced 2025-01-13 20:15:57 +00:00
cc7eb84388
Adds documentation on how to use a key lookup indicator for dealing with keys that have dots when specifying a path as part of create, read, and write commands. Resolves: #22
45 lines
712 B
Markdown
45 lines
712 B
Markdown
Yaml files can be created using the 'new' command. This works in the same way as the write command, but you don't pass in an existing Yaml file.
|
|
|
|
```
|
|
yaml n <path> <new value>
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Creating a simple yaml file
|
|
```bash
|
|
yaml n b.c cat
|
|
```
|
|
will output:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
b:
|
|
c: cat
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
### Creating using a create script
|
|
Create scripts follow the same format as the update scripts.
|
|
|
|
Given a script create_instructions.yaml of:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
b.c: 3
|
|
b.e[0].name: Howdy Partner
|
|
```
|
|
then
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
yaml n -s create_instructions.yaml
|
|
```
|
|
will output:
|
|
```yaml
|
|
b:
|
|
c: 3
|
|
e:
|
|
- name: Howdy Partner
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
You can also pipe the instructions in:
|
|
|
|
```bash
|
|
cat create_instructions.yaml | yaml n -s -
|
|
```
|
|
|
|
{!snippets/keys_with_dots.md!}
|