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Flatten

This recursively flattens arrays.

Flatten

Recursively flattens all arrays
Given a sample.yml file of:
- 1
- - 2
- - - 3
then
yq 'flatten' sample.yml
will output
- 1
- 2
- 3

Flatten with depth of one

Given a sample.yml file of:
- 1
- - 2
- - - 3
then
yq 'flatten(1)' sample.yml
will output
- 1
- 2
- - 3

Flatten empty array

Given a sample.yml file of:
- []
then
yq 'flatten' sample.yml
will output
[]

Flatten array of objects

Given a sample.yml file of:
- foo: bar
- - foo: baz
then
yq 'flatten' sample.yml
will output
- foo: bar
- foo: baz