#!/usr/bin/env bash

yq -oj | jq -e --arg KEY ${1:-item} '. as $input
| [path(..) | select(last == $KEY)]
| [foreach .[] as $item (null; $input | getpath($item))]
| unique | {$KEY: .}'

Try my compact version ;) ```bash #!/usr/bin/env bash yq -oj | jq -e --arg KEY ${1:-item} '. as $input | [path(..) | select(last == $KEY)] | [foreach .[] as $item (null; $input | getpath($item))] | unique | {$KEY: .}' ```