Max

Computes the maximum among an incoming sequence of scalar values.

Maximum int

Given a sample.yml file of:

yaml

- 99
- 16
- 12
- 6
- 66

then

bash

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output

yaml

Given a sample.yml file of:

yaml

- foo
- bar
- baz

then

bash

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output

yaml

foo

Given a sample.yml file of:

yaml

[]

then

bash

yq 'max' sample.yml

will output

yaml