Pluck one path from YAML input.

gem install dorian-yaml-pluck

Also included in the aggregate gem:

gem install dorian

yaml-pluck [options] key [key ...] [file ...]

Run yaml-pluck -h for generated option details and yaml-pluck -v for the installed version.

• Keys can be mapping keys or array indexes. Use --yaml for YAML output or --ruby for Ruby inspection output.

echo "name: Dorian" | yaml-pluck name

Output:

Dorian