Yet another command line tool for reading and manipulating yaml files, built on the Symfony console component.

Commands:

Command	Description
get:value	Get a value for a specific key in a YAML file.
get:type	Get the data type of a value in a YAML file.
lint	Validates that a given YAML file has valid syntax.
unset:key	Unset a specific key in a YAML file.
update:key	Change a specific key in a YAML file.
update:value	Update the value for a specific key in a YAML file.

Installation

composer require grasmash/yaml-cli

Example usage:

./vendor/bin/yaml-cli get:value somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli get:type somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli lint somefile.yml
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli unset:value somefile.yml some-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:key somefile.yml old-key new-key
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key some-value

# Cast to boolean.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key false
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key true
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 0 --type=boolean
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 0 --type=bool

# Cast to null.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key null
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key ~ --type=null

# Cast to integer.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1 --type=integer
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1 --type=int

# Cast to float/double/real.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=float
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=double
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key 1.0 --type=real

# Forcibly cast to string for values that would otherwise be boolean or null.
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key true --type=string
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key false --type=string
./vendor/bin/yaml-cli update:value somefile.yml some-key null --type=string

Similar tools:

• Javascript - https://github.com/pandastrike/yaml-cli
• Ruby - https://github.com/rubyworks/yaml_command
• Python - https://github.com/0k/shyaml

Recognition

This project was inspired by the yaml commands in Drupal Console.