yq is a command-line tool for parsing and processing YAML, JSON, XML, CSV, TOML, HCL, and properties files. Developers use it to query, transform, and manipulate structured data formats across different platforms, making it useful for configuration management, data extraction, and DevOps automation tasks. It's written in Go and provides a portable alternative to format-specific tools.

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