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Style

The style operator can be used to get or set the style of nodes (e.g. string style, yaml style)
Update and set style of a particular node (simple)
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a:
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  b: thing
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  c: something
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then
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yq eval '.a.b = "new" | .a.b style="double"' sample.yml
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will output
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a:
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  b: "new"
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  c: something
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Update and set style of a particular node using path variables
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a:
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  b: thing
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  c: something
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then
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yq eval 'with(.a.b ; . = "new" | . style="double")' sample.yml
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will output
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a:
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  b: "new"
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  c: something
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Set tagged style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="tagged"' sample.yml
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will output
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!!map
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a: !!str cat
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b: !!int 5
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c: !!float 3.2
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e: !!bool true
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Set double quote style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="double"' sample.yml
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will output
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a: "cat"
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b: "5"
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c: "3.2"
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e: "true"
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Set double quote style on map keys too
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '... style="double"' sample.yml
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will output
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"a": "cat"
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"b": "5"
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"c": "3.2"
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"e": "true"
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Set single quote style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="single"' sample.yml
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will output
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a: 'cat'
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b: '5'
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c: '3.2'
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e: 'true'
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Set literal quote style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="literal"' sample.yml
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will output
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a: |-
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  cat
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b: |-
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  5
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c: |-
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  3.2
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e: |-
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  true
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Set folded quote style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="folded"' sample.yml
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will output
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a: >-
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  cat
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b: >-
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  5
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c: >-
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  3.2
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e: >-
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  true
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Set flow quote style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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then
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yq eval '.. style="flow"' sample.yml
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will output
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{a: cat, b: 5, c: 3.2, e: true}
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Reset style - or pretty print
Set empty (default) quote style, note the usage of ... to match keys too. Note that there is a --prettyPrint/-P short flag for this.
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: cat
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"b": 5
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'c': 3.2
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"e": true
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then
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yq eval '... style=""' sample.yml
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will output
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a: cat
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b: 5
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c: 3.2
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e: true
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Set style relatively with assign-update
Given a sample.yml file of:
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a: single
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b: double
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then
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yq eval '.[] style |= .' sample.yml
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will output
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a: 'single'
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b: "double"
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Read style
Given a sample.yml file of:
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{a: "cat", b: 'thing'}
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then
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yq eval '.. | style' sample.yml
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will output
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flow
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double
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single
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Contents

Update and set style of a particular node (simple)

Update and set style of a particular node using path variables

Set tagged style

Set double quote style

Set double quote style on map keys too

Set single quote style

Set literal quote style

Set folded quote style

Set flow quote style

Reset style - or pretty print

Set style relatively with assign-update

Read style