to yml

Convert table into .yaml/.yml text.

Command Type

built-in

> to yml {flags}

--serialize, -s: Serialize nushell types that cannot be deserialized.
--non-roundtrip {string}: How to handle values that are non-roundtrippable.
--spec {string}: YAML spec version (‘1.1’ or ‘1.2’ (default)).
--add-directives, -d: Add YAML document directives.
--multiple, -m: Given a list, serialize a multi document stream.
--indent, -i {int}: Configure the indent.
--compact-list-indent: Emit lists with a more compact indentation style.
--quote, -q {string}: String quote style (‘auto’ (default), ‘single’ or ‘double’)

input	output
any	string

Outputs a YAML string representing the contents of this table.

> [[foo bar]; ["1" "2"]] | to yml
- foo: "1"
  bar: "2"

Convert a nushell specific type into YAML.

> $.1.abc | to yml
!cell-path $.1.abc