diff --git a/modules/utility/helpers.mod b/modules/utility/helpers.mod
index 2152eab..c3aa329 100644
--- a/modules/utility/helpers.mod
+++ b/modules/utility/helpers.mod
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # must be json as a string, depends on jq
 get_prop_value () {
-  local value
-  # echo in $1 get $2
-  value=$(echo $1 | jq -r .$2)
-  echo $value
+    local value
+    # echo in $1 get $2
+    value=$(echo $1 | jq -r .$2)
+    echo $value
 }
 
 is_array() {
@@ -13,20 +13,22 @@ is_array() {
 }
 
 filename() {
-  # passed entire path
-  echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)  
+    # passed entire path
+    echo $(basename "$1" | rev | cut -f 2- -d '.' | rev)
 }
 
 adirname() {
-  # passed entire path
- echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
+    # passed entire path
+    echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
 }
 
+
+
 chmod_dirs() {
-  # passed entire path
-  local usesudo 
-  [[ $1 == -s ]] && usesudo="sudo" && shift 2
-  $usesudo find $1 -type f -exec chmod $2 {} +
+    # passed entire path
+    local usesudo
+    [[ $1 == -s ]] && usesudo="sudo" && shift 2
+    $usesudo find $1 -type f -exec chmod $2 {} +
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/utility/path.sh b/modules/utility/path.sh
index 69cc9d0..106c9fb 100644
--- a/modules/utility/path.sh
+++ b/modules/utility/path.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
+# get full absolute bath from a current or parent path
 function abs-path {
     local target="$1"
     if [ "$target" == "." ]; then
         echo "$(pwd)"
-    elif [ "$target" == ".." ]; then
+        elif [ "$target" == ".." ]; then
         echo "$(dirname "$(pwd)")"
     else
         echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")"; pwd)/$(basename "$1")"
     fi
 }
+
+isAbsPath() {
+    if [[ "${1:0:1}" == / || "${1:0:2}" == ~[/a-z] ]]
+    then
+        echo "true"
+        return 0
+    else
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/modules/utility/yaml.sh b/modules/utility/yaml.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01de122
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/utility/yaml.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# echo loading yaml module 
+# https://gist.github.com/pkuczynski/8665367
+# read yaml file, second argument (if any) is added prefix
+parse_yaml() {
+   local prefix=$2
+   local s='[[:space:]]*' w='[a-zA-Z0-9_]*' fs=$(echo @|tr @ '\034')
+   sed -ne "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\"\(.*\)\"$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p" \
+        -e "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\(.*\)$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p"  $1 |
+   awk -F$fs '{
+      indent = length($1)/2;
+      vname[indent] = $2;
+      for (i in vname) {if (i > indent) {delete vname[i]}}
+      if (length($3) > 0) {
+         vn=""; for (i=0; i<indent; i++) {vn=(vn)(vname[i])("_")}
+         printf("%s%s%s=\"%s\"\n", "'$prefix'",vn, $2, $3);
+      }
+   }'
+}
+