Is there something similar for YAML? I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)
It can do everything with json as well and convert between
> I've tried `yq` briefly but weirdly enough it doesn't seem to accept standard input in the way that jq does (ie pipe in some json, and output some pretty json)
For example, YAML supports the concept of reusable fragments. You can define a fragment in one place and reference it further down in your YAML file. A JSON converter could take the final YAML output and turn it into JSON but you would lose the context of the fact that in the original YAML it was an included fragment and not just the same section repeated a few times.
Yeah, no straightforward translation of references to JSON. You could provide both translation ramps, but it would be an implementation-specific convention and not something other JSON tools understood.
yq r -j test.yaml > test.json
cat file.yaml | jc --yaml