yaml-cli

Important This project has been deprecated. We recommend yq.

A simple CLI for working with YAML files.

Installation

$ npm install -g yaml-cli

Shell Completion

You can set up shell completion like this:

$ eval $(yaml env -)

Examples

Given the following test.yml file:

foo:
  bar: 7
  baz:
    - 17
    - "hello world"

get

You can get properties:

$ yaml get test.yaml foo.bar
7

or array accessors:

$ yaml get test.yaml foo.baz.1
hello world

set

You can set values, too.

$ yaml set test.yaml foo.baz.1 goodbye
foo:
  bar: 7
  baz:
    - 17
    - "goodbye"

template

You can instantiate template files, too. Given the following template:

I would like to say {{foo.baz.1}}

you can instantiate it like this:

$ yaml t test.yaml test.template
I would like to say hello world

json

You can read and write JSON.

To convert from JSON to YAML:

$ yaml json read test.json
foo:
  bar: 7
  baz:
    - 17
    - "hello world"

To convert from YAML to JSON:

$ yaml json write test.yaml
{
  "foo": {
    "bar": 7,
    "baz": [
      17,
      "hello world"
    ]
  }
}

You can get more help by just typing yaml.

$ yaml
Usage: yaml <command> [<args>]

Some useful yaml commands are:
   commands  List all yaml commands
   get       Get a value from a YAML file
   set       Set a value in a YAML file
   template  Instantiate a template file with a YAML file.

See 'yaml help <command>' for information on a specific command.

Limitations

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