Select

Select is the default command for the dasel cli.

The select command allows you to select data from any supported data structure.

Usage

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

See the function documentation for information on the available selectors.

Flags/Args

Flag	Type	Description	Default
--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.
--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 will use 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