A command-line YAML editor that preserves comments and styling.
Based on the Node.js package YAWN YAML.
npm install yawn-yaml-cli [--global]
yawn [command] # If installed with --global
$(npm bin)/yawn [command] # If installed locally
See yawn --help for all commands and options, including output format and error handling.
Major commands are listed below.
yawn getyawn get <file> <path>
Gets the specified entry inside the given YAML file.
Uses lodash.get() syntax for the path.
yawn setyawn set <file> <path> <value>
Sets an entry in the given YAML file.
Uses lodash.set() syntax for the path.
If adding to an existing array, any value higher than the last index will push to the last array index, instead of
inserting null entries:
users:
- alice
- bob
# Run `yawn set users.yaml users[10] jim`
users:
- alice
- bob
- jim # Inserted at index 3, not 10.
yawn pushyawn push <file> <path> <value>
Pushes the given value onto the end of an array, creating the array if needed.
# users.yaml
users:
- alice
- bob
yawn push users.yaml users "jim"
rm -rf users.yaml; yawn push users.yaml users "alice"
# will create "users.yaml", a "users" array, and will push "alice" onto the new array
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A command-line YAML editor that preserves comments and styling.
We found that yamlutil demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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