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### Keys with dots
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When specifying a key that has a dot use key lookup indicator.
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```yaml
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b:
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foo.bar: 7
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```
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```bash
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yaml r sample.yaml 'b[foo.bar]'
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```
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```bash
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yaml w sample.yaml 'b[foo.bar]' 9
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```
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Any valid yaml key can be specified as part of a key lookup.
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Note that the path is in quotes to avoid the square brackets being interpreted by your shell.
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### Keys (and values) with leading dashes
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If a key or value has leading dashes, yq won't know that you are passing a value as opposed to a flag (and you will get a 'bad flag syntax' error).
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To fix that, you will need to tell it to stop processing flags by adding '--' after the last flag like so:
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```bash
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yq n -t -- --key --value
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```
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Will result in
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```
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--key: --value
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``` |