Merge Input Documents
Description
This flag tells dasel to merge input documents into an array.
Note that when --merge-input-documents
is passed, even a single document will be converted to an array.
Usage
Pass the --merge-input-documents
to select or put commands.
Example
With the flag:
$ echo 'foo: bar
---
baz: biz' | dasel -r yaml -w json --merge-input-documents .
[
{
"foo": "bar"
},
{
"baz": "biz"
}
]
Without the flag:
$ echo 'foo: bar
---
baz: biz' | dasel -r yaml -w json .
{
"foo": "bar"
}
{
"baz": "biz"
}
Notes
Take note that merge in this context means taking all of the input documents and adding them to a single array of those documents.
Input: a
, b
, c
Output: [a, b, c]
Where:
a: {"number": 1}
b: {"number": 2}
c: {"number": 3}
Becomes:
[{ "number": 1 }, { "number": 2 }, { "number": 3 }]
The use of "merge" here could be mistaken in that you may expect the following output:
{
"number": 3
}
If you are looking for the 2nd output above, see the merge feature request.
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