sf config get --value parameter

[pkozuchowski]

This is proposal for new --value parameter for sf config get command, that would return only value of the configuration variable.

Example use case, assuming target-org is myScratchOrg

TARGET_ORG="$(sf config get --value target-org )"

$ echo $TARGET_ORG
myScratchOrg

[mdonnalley]

I'll let @VivekMChawla speak to whether or not we should prioritize implementing this but it's worth pointing out that you can achieve this today using jq

sf config get target-org --json | jq '.result[0].value'

[shetzel]

jq is included in our full docker image if that is an option for you

[daveespo]

I'll admit that we have similar environment constraints to @pkozuchowski and adding a dependency on jq is a drag.

Returning the isolated config value would simplify (eliminate) a terrible regex we use to fish out the config value from the JSON response.

[cristiand391]

I would love to have a jq query parser for javascript, we could have a --jq <jq-query> in our commands which could help in these restricted-machines scenarios, like the GH CLI commands do:
https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_codespace_list

example:

sf config get target-org --json --jq ".result[0].name"
test-blablabla

[daveespo]

Yep, that would fit the bill. Approved! :-)

[cristiand391]

just saw this new project yesterday, I think it opens the door for a --jq flag 😉
https://github.com/platformatic/fgh