TomWright
--format from file
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. For a long format string it would be a convenient to load it from file, not only provided as a parameter.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add a new parameter: --format-file <format-file>
Describe alternatives you've considered No alternatives were considered for this feature.
Additional context Templates can be quite complicated, especially when using range, if etc. I am trying to get information from a json to csv. The dasel cannot reference parent's node properties, so I needed to use range from template.
Even the simplest template is unreadable, when using --format :
dasel select -f x.json -m '.[*]' --format '{{$id:=._id}}{{range $i:=.controlledBy}}{{printf "%s,%s\n" $id $i.zoneId}}{{end}}'
I've just seen this - I agree that this could be very useful. I'd be happy to support this in the future.
Closing this as --format isn't supported in v2.
When I implement a relatable feature there I will include this functionality.