YQ to Dasel

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

Select a single value

YQ

echo 'name: Tom' | yq '.name'
"Tom"

Dasel

Select a nested value

YQ

echo 'user:
  name: Tom
  age: 27' | yq '.user.age'
27

Dasel

Select an array index

YQ

echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | yq '.[1]'
2

Dasel

Append to an array of strings

YQ

echo '- a
- b
- c' | yq --yaml-output '. += ["d"]'
- a
- b
- c
- d

Dasel

Update a string value

YQ

echo '- a
- b
- c' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = "d"'
- a
- d
- c

Dasel

Update an int value

YQ

echo '- 1
- 2
- 3' | yq --yaml-output '.[1] = 5'
- 1
- 5
- 3

Dasel

Overwrite an object

YQ

echo 'user:
  name: Tom
  age: 27' | yq --yaml-output '.user = {"name": "Frank", "age": 25}'
user:
  name: Frank
  age: 25

Dasel put object

Dasel put document

Append to an array of objects

YQ

echo 'users:
- name: Tom' | yq --yaml-output '.users += [{"name": "Frank"}]'
users:
  - name: Tom
  - name: Frank

Dasel put object

Dasel put document