yamltest.py

yamltest.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import yaml
from pprint import pprint

filename = sys.argv[1]

with open(filename, 'r') as yaml_file:
    try:
        yaml_data = yaml.load(yaml_file);
    except Exception:
        print('Invalid yaml detected.')
        sys.exit(1)

pprint(yaml_data)
print('Yaml loaded successfully.')
sys.exit(0)