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+---
+# devtools tasks/yq.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# yq
+- name: Download/install yq binary
+  get_url:
+    url: "{{ devtools_yq_url }}"
+    checksum: "{{ devtools_yq_checksum }}"
+    dest: /usr/local/bin/yq
+    mode: "0755"