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Assign (Update)
This operator is used to update node values. It can be used in either the:
plain form: =
Which will assign the LHS node values to the RHS node values. The RHS expression is run against the matching nodes in the pipeline.
relative form: |=
This will do a similar thing to the plain form, however, the RHS expression is run against the LHS nodes. This is useful for updating values based on old values, e.g. increment. {% hint style="warning" %} Note that versions prior to 4.18 require the 'eval/e' command to be specified.
yq e <exp> <file>
{% endhint %}
Create yaml file
Running
yq --null-input '.a.b = "cat" | .x = "frog"'
will output
a:
b: cat
x: frog
Update node to be the child value
Given a sample.yml file of:
a:
b:
g: foof
then
yq '.a |= .b' sample.yml
will output
a:
g: foof
Double elements in an array
Given a sample.yml file of:
- 1
- 2
- 3
then
yq '.[] |= . * 2' sample.yml
will output
- 2
- 4
- 6
Update node from another file
Note this will also work when the second file is a scalar (string/number)
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: apples
And another sample another.yml file of:
b: bob
then
yq eval-all 'select(fileIndex==0).a = select(fileIndex==1) | select(fileIndex==0)' sample.yml another.yml
will output
a:
b: bob
Update node to be the sibling value
Given a sample.yml file of:
a:
b: child
b: sibling
then
yq '.a = .b' sample.yml
will output
a: sibling
b: sibling
Updated multiple paths
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: fieldA
b: fieldB
c: fieldC
then
yq '(.a, .c) = "potato"' sample.yml
will output
a: potato
b: fieldB
c: potato
Update string value
Given a sample.yml file of:
a:
b: apple
then
yq '.a.b = "frog"' sample.yml
will output
a:
b: frog
Update string value via |=
Note there is no difference between = and |= when the RHS is a scalar
Given a sample.yml file of:
a:
b: apple
then
yq '.a.b |= "frog"' sample.yml
will output
a:
b: frog
Update deeply selected results
Note that the LHS is wrapped in brackets! This is to ensure we don't first filter out the yaml and then update the snippet.
Given a sample.yml file of:
a:
b: apple
c: cactus
then
yq '(.a[] | select(. == "apple")) = "frog"' sample.yml
will output
a:
b: frog
c: cactus
Update array values
Given a sample.yml file of:
- candy
- apple
- sandy
then
yq '(.[] | select(. == "*andy")) = "bogs"' sample.yml
will output
- bogs
- apple
- bogs
Update empty object
Given a sample.yml file of:
{}
then
yq '.a.b |= "bogs"' sample.yml
will output
a:
b: bogs
Update node value that has an anchor
Anchor will remaple
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: &cool cat
then
yq '.a = "dog"' sample.yml
will output
a: &cool dog
Update empty object and array
Given a sample.yml file of:
{}
then
yq '.a.b.[0] |= "bogs"' sample.yml
will output
a:
b:
- bogs