Delete

The delete command allows you to delete data in any supported data structure.

Usage

$ echo '{"name":{"first":"Tom","last":"Wright"}}' |
  dasel delete -r json 'name.last'
{
  "name": {
    "first": "Frank"
  }
}

See the function documentation for information on the available selectors.

Flags/Args

FlagTypeDescriptionDefault

--colour

bool

Print colourised output.

false

--escape-html

bool

Escape HTML tags when writing output.

false

-f, --file

string

The file to query. If no file is given dasel reads from stdin.

-o, --out

string

The file to write results to. If no file is given dasel writes to --file. If --file is stdin, dasel writes to stdout.

--pretty

bool

Pretty print the output.

true

-r, --read

string

The parser to use when reading. If no parser is given dasel attempts to find a parser from the --file flag.

-s, --selector

string

The selector used to query the input data. If no flag is given dasel attempts to use the first argument as the selector.

-w, --write

string

The parser to use when writing. If no parser is given dasel attempts to find a parser from the --out flag. If no --out flag is given dasel uses the --read flag.

--csv-comma

string

The separator used when working with csv files.

,

--csv-write-comma

string

The separator used when writing csv files.

value of --csv-comma

--csv-comment

string

The comment character used when working with csv files.

--csv-crlf

bool

True to write csv files with a \r\n instead of \n.

false

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