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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
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echo 'name: Tom' | yq '.name'
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"Tom"
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echo 'name: Tom' | dasel -p yaml '.name'
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Tom
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Select a nested value
YQ
Dasel
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echo 'user:
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  name: Tom
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  age: 27' | yq '.user.age'
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27
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echo 'user:
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       name: Tom
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       age: 27' | dasel -p yaml '.user.age'
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27
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Select an array index
YQ
Dasel
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echo '- 1
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- 2
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- 3' | yq '.[1]'
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2
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echo '- 1
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- 2
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- 3' | dasel -p yaml '.[1]'
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2
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Append to an array of strings
YQ
Dasel
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echo '- a
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- b
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- c' | yq --yaml-output '. += ["d"]'
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- a
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- b
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- c
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- d
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echo '- a
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- b
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- c' | dasel put string -p yaml -s '.[]' d
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- a
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- b
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- c
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- d
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Update a string value
YQ
Dasel
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echo '- a
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- b
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- c' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = "d"'
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- a
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- d
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- c
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echo '- a
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- b
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- c' | dasel put string -p yaml -s '.[1]' d
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- a
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- d
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- c
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Update an int value
YQ
Dasel
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echo '- 1
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- 2
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- 3' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = 5'
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- 1
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- 5
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- 3
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echo '- 1
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- 2
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- 3' | dasel put int -p yaml -s '.[1]' 5
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- 1
5
- 5
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- 3
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Overwrite an object
YQ
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
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echo 'user:
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  name: Tom
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  age: 27' | yq --yaml-output '.user = {"name": "Frank", "age": 25}'
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user:
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  name: Frank
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  age: 25
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echo 'user:
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  name: Tom
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  age: 27' | dasel put object -p yaml -t string -t int '.user' name=Frank age=25
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user:
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  age: 25
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  name: Frank
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echo 'user:
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  name: Tom
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  age: 27' | dasel put document -p yaml -d json '.user' '{"name":"Frank","age":25}'
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user:
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  age: 25
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  name: Frank
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Append to an array of objects
YQ
Dasel put object
Dasel put document
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echo 'users:
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- name: Tom' | yq --yaml-output '.users += [{"name": "Frank"}]'
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users:
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  - name: Tom
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  - name: Frank
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echo 'users:
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- name: Tom' | dasel put object -p yaml -t string '.users.[]' name=Frank
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users:
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- name: Tom
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- name: Frank
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echo 'users:
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- name: Tom' | dasel put document -p yaml -d json '.users.[]' '{"name":"Frank"}'
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users:
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- name: Tom
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- 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