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yq - read YAML on terminal

yq

yq lets you read YAML files easily on the terminal. You can find key/values easily.

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yq lets you read YAML files easily on the terminal. You can find key/values easily

yq

yq lets you read YAML files easily on the terminal. You can find key/values easily.

Motivation

Reading yaml configurations for k8s file becomes ardent through the terminal. yq helps reading/searching through the YAML easy. It uses tview and is inspired by tson.

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Installation

Grab the latest binary

$ cd "$(mktemp -d)"
$ curl -sL "https://github.com/arriqaaq/yq/releases/download/v0.1.0/yq_0.1.0_$(uname)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz
$ mv yq /usr/local/bin
# yq should be available now in your $PATH
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Usage

NAME:
   yq 

USAGE:
# from file
$ yq < test.json

# from kubectl
$ kubectl get pod kube-dns -n kube-system -oyaml | yq
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Bindings

YAMLtree

key description
s hide/show current node
S collaspe/expand all value nodes
/ or f search for key/values
q quit



Motivation

Reading yaml configurations for k8s file becomes ardent through the terminal. yq helps reading/searching through the YAML easy. It uses tview and is inspired by tson.

asciicast

Installation

Grab the latest binary

$ cd "$(mktemp -d)"
$ curl -sL "https://github.com/arriqaaq/yq/releases/download/v0.1.0/yq_0.1.0_$(uname)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz
$ mv yq /usr/local/bin
# yq should be available now in your $PATH
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Usage

NAME:
   yq 

USAGE:
# from file
$ yq < test.json

# from kubectl
$ kubectl get pod kube-dns -n kube-system -oyaml | yq
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Bindings

YAMLtree

key description
s hide/show current node
S collaspe/expand all value nodes
/ or f search for key/values
q quit

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