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YQ to Dasel
The follow examples show a set of yq commands and the equivalent in dasel.

Select a single value

YQ
Dasel
echo 'name: Tom' | yq '.name'
"Tom"
echo 'name: Tom' | dasel -p yaml '.name'
Tom

Select a nested value

YQ
Dasel
echo 'user:
name: Tom
age: 27' | yq '.user.age'
27
echo 'user:
name: Tom
age: 27' | dasel -p yaml '.user.age'
27

Select an array index

YQ
Dasel
echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | yq '.[1]'
2
echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | dasel -p yaml '.[1]'
2

Append to an array of strings

YQ
Dasel
echo '- a
- b
- c' | yq --yaml-output '. += ["d"]'
- a
- b
- c
- d
echo '- a
- b
- c' | dasel put string -p yaml -s '.[]' d
- a
- b
- c
- d

Update a string value

YQ
Dasel
echo '- a
- b
- c' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = "d"'
- a
- d
- c
echo '- a
- b
- c' | dasel put string -p yaml -s '.[1]' d
- a
- d
- c

Update an int value

YQ
Dasel
echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = 5'
- 1
- 5
- 3
echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | dasel put int -p yaml -s '.[1]' 5
- 1
- 5
- 3

Overwrite an object

YQ
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
echo 'user:
name: Tom
age: 27' | yq --yaml-output '.user = {"name": "Frank", "age": 25}'
user:
name: Frank
age: 25
echo 'user:
name: Tom
age: 27' | dasel put object -p yaml -t string -t int '.user' name=Frank age=25
user:
age: 25
name: Frank
echo 'user:
name: Tom
age: 27' | dasel put document -p yaml -d json '.user' '{"name":"Frank","age":25}'
user:
age: 25
name: Frank

Append to an array of objects

YQ
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
echo 'users:
- name: Tom' | yq --yaml-output '.users += [{"name": "Frank"}]'
users:
- name: Tom
- name: Frank
echo 'users:
- name: Tom' | dasel put object -p yaml -t string '.users.[]' name=Frank
users:
- name: Tom
- name: Frank
echo 'users:
- name: Tom' | dasel put document -p yaml -d json '.users.[]' '{"name":"Frank"}'
users:
- name: Tom
- name: Frank
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Select a single value
Select a nested value
Select an array index
Append to an array of strings
Update a string value
Update an int value
Overwrite an object
Append to an array of objects