Prefix

Paths can be prefixed using the 'prefix' command. The complete yaml content will be nested inside the new prefix path.

yq p <yaml_file> <path>

To Stdout¶

Given a data1.yaml file of:

a: simple
b: [1, 2]

then

yq p data1.yaml c

will output:

c:
  a: simple
  b: [1, 2]

Arbitrary depth¶

Given a data1.yaml file of:

a:
  b: [1, 2]

then

yq p data1.yaml c.d

will output:

c:
  d:
    a:
      b: [1, 2]

Updating files in-place¶

Given a data1.yaml file of:

a: simple
b: [1, 2]

then

yq p -i data1.yaml c

will update the data1.yaml file so that the path 'c' is prefixed to all other paths.

Multiple Documents - prefix a single document¶

Given a data1.yaml file of:

something: else
---
a: simple
b: cat

then

yq p -d1 data1.yaml c

will output:

something: else
---
c:
  a: simple
  b: cat

Multiple Documents - prefix all documents¶

Given a data1.yaml file of:

something: else
---
a: simple
b: cat

then

yq p -d'*' data1.yaml c

will output:

c:
  something: else
---
c:
  a: simple
  b: cat