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#### Erik Mogensen
Is it at all possible to get cue to export a list of documents, sort of the opposite of `cue import -l foo -l bar`? i.e. something like `cue export -e '*.*'` or something, and emit e.g. several yaml documents (`--merge=false` style)...
#### Martin Hansen
I think the idea is that you use a Cue command to do that:
```
package control
import (
"encoding/yaml"
"tool/cli"
)
objects: [for v in objectSets for x in v {x}]
objectSets: [
apps,
]
command: render: {
task: print: cli.Print & {
text: yaml.MarshalStream(objects)
}
}
```
Something like that :point_up:
#### Jonathan Matthews
Hey Erik Mogensen :wave: I'm capturing this as an issue so we don't forget to get it documented :slightly_smiling_face:
Please could you confirm that when you said
> and emit e.g. several yaml documents
what you actively want to see is a single multi-document stream, e.g.
```
bar:
baz: 4
---
blog:
x: 1
"y": 2
z: 3
```
#### Erik Mogensen
Correct. Essentially output like if you import and emit several documents with `--merge=false`.
A howto guide that demonstrates a more real-world example of the following.
Ideally it would demonstrate it with a cue export, but could use a cue command if required.
Unresolved question: given lexical scoping, it might be (more) possible to demo with cue export if the fields weren't at the top-level. Should we show this, and leave the top-level problem open for a future, more complex guide? Or should this guide only demo a universally applicable solution?
Slack thread: https://cuelang.slack.com/archives/CLT3ULF6C/p1706537456419989?thread_ts=1706535669.111589&cid=CLT3ULF6C
Original thread (click to expand)
#### Erik Mogensen Is it at all possible to get cue to export a list of documents, sort of the opposite of `cue import -l foo -l bar`? i.e. something like `cue export -e '*.*'` or something, and emit e.g. several yaml documents (`--merge=false` style)... #### Martin Hansen I think the idea is that you use a Cue command to do that: ``` package control import ( "encoding/yaml" "tool/cli" ) objects: [for v in objectSets for x in v {x}] objectSets: [ apps, ] command: render: { task: print: cli.Print & { text: yaml.MarshalStream(objects) } } ``` Something like that :point_up: #### Jonathan Matthews Hey Erik Mogensen :wave: I'm capturing this as an issue so we don't forget to get it documented :slightly_smiling_face: Please could you confirm that when you said > and emit e.g. several yaml documents what you actively want to see is a single multi-document stream, e.g. ``` bar: baz: 4 --- blog: x: 1 "y": 2 z: 3 ``` #### Erik Mogensen Correct. Essentially output like if you import and emit several documents with `--merge=false`.A howto guide that demonstrates a more real-world example of the following. Ideally it would demonstrate it with a
cue export, but could use acue commandif required.Unresolved question: given lexical scoping, it might be (more) possible to demo with
cue exportif the fields weren't at the top-level. Should we show this, and leave the top-level problem open for a future, more complex guide? Or should this guide only demo a universally applicable solution?Given this CUE
Produce this YAML