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-yq: Command-line YAML processor - jq wrapper for YAML documents
-===============================================================
+yq: Command-line YAML processor - jq and JMESPath wrapper for YAML documents
+============================================================================
Installation
------------
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unless there was an error in YAML parsing, in which case the exit code is 1. See the `jq manual
<https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/>`_ for more details on jq features and options.
+JMESPath mode
+-------------
+
+In addition to the default, jq wrapper mode, yq supports `JMESPath <http://jmespath.org/>`_ expressions via the
+``--jmespath PATH`` option.
+
.. admonition:: Compatibility note
This package's release series available on PyPI begins with version 2.0.0. Versions of ``yq`` prior to 2.0.0 are