JS-YAML.JS(1)

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version 4.2.0+~4.0.9 · 4 versions
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💖 JS-YAML.JS — bestie edition 💖

okay so you found the js-yaml.js manual page, and honestly? iconic. this is the JavaScript YAML parser and dumper, and yes it does both — it parses YAML into stuff, and it dumps stuff back out as YAML. main character energy fr fr.

🌸 NAME 🌸

js-yaml.js — JavaScript YAML parser and dumper 🦋

like. the whole vibe is in the name. no cap.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

here's the tea, bestie — the way you actually run this thing is:

usage: js-yaml [-h] [-v] [-c] [-t] [file]

that's it. that's the whole incantation. take a sec, breathe it in 🫶

🎀 positional arguments

  • file — the file you want it to read. key detail: it's utf-8 encoded, without BOM. so no byte-order mark, okay? it's giving "clean utf-8 or nothing". 💅

⭐ optional arguments

  • -h, --help — shows the help message and then exits. your lil "what do i even do here" button. 🙈
  • -v, --version — shows the program's version number and exits. perfect for when you need to know exactly which era of js-yaml you're living in. 👑
  • -c, --compact — displays errors in compact mode. less noise, more "okay but what broke". 💀
  • -t, --trace — shows the stack trace when there's an error. this is the deep-cut, show-me-everything mode, for when you truly need to know where it all went wrong. 🔥
ngl, if something explodes and -c isn't enough for you, that's your sign to add -t. bestie behaviour.

💜 AUTHORS 💜

crediting the legends, periodt:

  • js-yaml was primarily authored by Vladimir Zapparov
  • with contributions from Aleksey V Zapparov, Vitaly Puzrin, and Martin Grenfell 🌈

they built the whole thing. we simply benefit. obsessed with them tbh.

and that's the page!! this lil guy is js-yaml.js version 4.2.0, dated August 2026, from back when JS-YAML.JS(1) was the manual page in question. go forth and parse (and dump) your YAML, bestie 💖✨🎀

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