yq/operators/max.md

Max

Computes the maximum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.

Maximum int

Given a sample.yml file of:

- 99
- 16
- 12
- 6
- 66

then

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output

99

Maximum string

Given a sample.yml file of:

- foo
- bar
- baz

then

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output

foo

Maximum of empty

Given a sample.yml file of:

[]

then

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output