How to convert a json response into yaml in bash

yq a yaml wrapper for jq

With yq 4.18.1+

cat "$DEFAULTS_FILE" | yq -P    # or yq --prettyPrint

See: https://mikefarah.gitbook.io/yq/#notice-for-v4.x-versions-prior-to-4.18.1

With yq version 4.8.0:

cat $DEFAULTS_FILE | yq e -P -

• e or eval handles file separately. ea or eval-all will merge files first.
• -P or --prettyPrint YAML output
• - from STDIN

Note: you can go the other way (yaml to json) too yq e -j file.yaml

With yq version 3.3.2:

cat $DEFAULTS_FILE | yq r -P -

• r read
• -P –prettyPrint
• - from STDIN