yq/mkdocs/prefix.md
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Paths can be prefixed using the 'prefix' command.
The complete yaml content will be nested inside the new prefix path.
```
yq p <yaml_file> <path>
```
### To Stdout
Given a data1.yaml file of:
```yaml
a: simple
b: [1, 2]
```
then
```bash
yq p data1.yaml c
```
will output:
```yaml
c:
a: simple
b: [1, 2]
```
### Arbitrary depth
Given a data1.yaml file of:
```yaml
a:
b: [1, 2]
```
then
```bash
yq p data1.yaml c.d
```
will output:
```yaml
c:
d:
a:
b: [1, 2]
```
### Updating files in-place
Given a data1.yaml file of:
```yaml
a: simple
b: [1, 2]
```
then
```bash
yq p -i data1.yaml c
```
will update the data1.yaml file so that the path 'c' is prefixed to all other paths.
### Multiple Documents - prefix a single document
Given a data1.yaml file of:
```yaml
something: else
---
a: simple
b: cat
```
then
```bash
yq p -d1 data1.yaml c
```
will output:
```yaml
something: else
---
c:
a: simple
b: cat
```
### Multiple Documents - prefix all documents
Given a data1.yaml file of:
```yaml
something: else
---
a: simple
b: cat
```
then
```bash
yq p -d'*' data1.yaml c
```
will output:
```yaml
c:
something: else
---
c:
a: simple
b: cat
```