Extract all entries that contain value in array

[julianbarg]

Given an array:

foo: 
  - b
  - c
bar:
  - 2
  - c
non:
  - a
  - b

How do I extract all entries that contain "c", i.e. the entries "foo" and "bar".

What if these entries were nested on an arbitrary deeper level, i.e. selecting on "nested2" containing "target" in the following array:

foo:
  nested:
    nested1:
      nested2:
        - target
        - foo
        - bar 
non:
  foo: bar

[mikefarah]

First example:

yq '.[] | select(.[] == "c")' examples/data1.yaml

Explanation:

• expand the top level entries .[]
• select the ones that have a (direct) child == "foo": select(.[] == "c")

second example:

yq '.[] | select(.. == "foo")' examples/data1.yaml

Explanation:

• expand the top level entries .[]
• select the ones that have a any child == "foo": select(.. == "c") (recursively checks the tree)

Not sure which output is desired - this is outputting the child values of the nodes. You could pipe it through 'key' to get the key node...

[julianbarg]

Good stuff! This is exactly the output I had this output in mind.