Cannot run yq command; unknown command "my-file.xml" for "yq"

[just-ero]

I'm running yq in a GitHub action to format an XML file.
I install it like this:

- name: Install yq
  run: |
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rmescandon/yq
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install yq -y

And run it like this:

- name: Format .xml file with yq
  run: |
    yq -i -I 4 -ox '.' my-file.xml

But the GitHub action fails with the error in the title.

[ed-boykin]

Same exact issue.

Command I'm running in Github workflow:
yq -i "(.spec.values | .appVersion) = "1.2.3.45678"" /runner/_work/Tesla-Configuration/Tesla-Configuration/flux/apps/devops/tesla-app/hsm/hsm-values.yaml

My error is:
Error: unknown command "(.spec.values | .appVersion) = "1.2.3.45678"" for "yq"

[ed-boykin]

Not sure why this worked, but changing my command this worked. Basically, added the eval keyword. That was it.

yq eval -i '(.spec.values | .appVersion) = "1.2.3.45678"' /runner/_work/Tesla-Configuration/Tesla-Configuration/flux/apps/devops/tesla-app/hsm/hsm-values.yaml

[just-ero]

The issue in my instance was being on a wrong version of yq. The most recent version (4.35.2 at the time of writing) worked correctly.