Line
Returns the line of the matching node. Starts from 1, 0 indicates there was no line data.
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: cat
b:
c: cat
then
yq '.b | line' sample.yml
will output
3
Pipe through the key operator to get the line of the key
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: cat
b:
c: cat
then
yq '.b | key | line' sample.yml
will output
2
Given a sample.yml file of:
a: cat
then
yq '.a | line' sample.yml
will output
1
Running
yq --null-input '{"a": "new entry"} | line'
will output
0
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