Add a map to a document

[lucabalsanelli]

Hi,

I want to add a map (which maps a string to another string, e.g. fff: bar) to the following

aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo

so I'm using

document='aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo'
yq '. = . + {fff: bar}' <<<"$document"

but I get Error: 1:10: invalid input text "fff: bar}".

If I add a map of numbers, it works

document='aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo'
yq '. = . + {111: 222}' <<<"$document"

outputs

aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo
111: 222

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Luca

[lucabalsanelli]

Hi,
the solution is to add quotes around the fff key and its value (source Add yaml's map to a document using yq)

document='aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo'
yq '. += {"fff": "bar"}' <<<"$document"

outputs

aaa: hello
bbb: world
ccc: foo
fff: bar

[mikefarah]

Note that you can also do:

yq '.fff = "bar"' file.yaml