yaml-cli
A simple CLI for working with YAML files.
Installation
$ npm install -g yaml-cli
Shell Completion
You can set up shell completion like this:
$ eval $(yaml env -)
Examples
Given the following test.yml
file:
foo: bar: 7 baz: - 17 - "hello world"
get
You can get properties:
$ yaml get test.yaml foo.bar7
or array accessors:
$ yaml test.yaml foo.baz.1hello world
set
You can set values, too.
$ yaml set test.yaml foo.baz.1 goodbyefoo: bar: 7 baz: - 17 - "goodbye"
template
You can instantiate template files, too. Given the following template:
I would like to say {{foo.baz.1}}
you can instantiate it like this:
$ yaml t test.yaml test.templateI would like to say hello world
json
You can read and write JSON.
To convert from JSON to YAML:
$ yaml json read test.jsonfoo: bar: 7 baz: - 17 - "hello world"
To convert from YAML to JSON:
$ yaml json write test.yaml{ "foo": { "bar": 7, "baz": [ 17, "hello world" ] }}
You can get more help by just typing yaml
.
$ yamlUsage: yaml <command> [<args>] Some useful yaml commands are: commands List all yaml commands get Get a value from a YAML file set Set a value in a YAML file template Instantiate a template file with a YAML file. See 'yaml help <command>'
Limitations
See the issues list—and please open your own or +1
your favorites.