Added STDIN example to the top

2026-01-15 07:53:35 +08:00 · 2021-09-17 08:37:15 +10:00
parent 43e40a6dda
commit b68e6adce9
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ yq is written in go - so you can download a dependency free binary for your plat
 Read a value:

 ```bash
-yq e '.a.b[0].c' file.yaml
+# use '-' as the filename to read from STDIN
+cat file.yaml | yq e '.a.b[0].c' -
 ```

 Update a yaml file, inplace