yq/operators/min.md

Min

Computes the minimum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.

Minimum int

Given a sample.yml file of:

- 99
- 16
- 12
- 6
- 66

then

yq 'min' sample.yml

will output

6

Minimum string

Given a sample.yml file of:

- foo
- bar
- baz

then

yq 'min' sample.yml

will output

bar

Minimum of empty

Given a sample.yml file of:

[]

then

yq 'min' sample.yml

will output