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option to parse only first YAML block in file #151

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casperdcl opened this issue Aug 2, 2022 · 0 comments
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option to parse only first YAML block in file #151

casperdcl opened this issue Aug 2, 2022 · 0 comments

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casperdcl commented Aug 2, 2022

Many markdown files start with a YAML header block. Would be nice for yq to support them.

current behaviour

Currently yq complains about the markdown:

$ cat doc.md
---
title: Foo
author: [Bar]
---
Some *Example* markdown

$ yq .title doc.md
"Foo"
jq: error (at <stdin>:2): Cannot index string with string "title"

desired behaviour

Option to parse only the first document per filestream.

$ yq --blocks=1 .title doc.md
"Foo"

alternative

$ awk '{ if ($1 == "---" || $1 == "...") n+=1; if(n>1) exit 0; print; }' doc.md | yq .title
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