Command-line tool

yq

brew/yq

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Process YAML, JSON, XML, CSV and properties documents from the CLI cli portable json golang yaml bash xml csv devops-tools yaml-processor properties splat

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id MikeFarah.yq -e
scoop install yq

macOS

brew install yq

Linux

brew install yq

Output a YAML file, in pretty-print format (v4+)

yq eval path/to/file.yaml

Output a YAML file, in pretty-print format (v3)

yq read path/to/file.yaml -C

Output the first element in a YAML file that contains only an array (v4+)

yq eval '.[0]' path/to/file.yaml

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