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Parent
Parent simply returns the parent nodes of the matching nodes.
Simple example
Given a sample.yml file of:
1
a
:
2
nested
:
cat
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then
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yq
eval
'.a.nested | parent'
sample.yml
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will output
1
nested
:
cat
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Parent of nested matches
Given a sample.yml file of:
1
a
:
2
fruit
:
apple
3
name
:
bob
4
b
:
5
fruit
:
banana
6
name
:
sam
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then
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yq
eval
'.. | select(. == "banana") | parent'
sample.yml
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will output
1
fruit
:
banana
2
name
:
sam
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No parent
Given a sample.yml file of:
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{}
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then
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yq
eval
'parent'
sample.yml
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will output
1
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Simple example
Parent of nested matches
No parent