- Alternative to
- cat
- Project page
- https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
- Author
- David Peter
- Language
- Rust
bat
A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
Automatic paging
bat can pipe its own output to less if the output is too large for one screen.
Syntax highlighting
bat supports syntax highlighting for a large number of programming and markup
languages:
Git integration
bat communicates with git to show modifications with respect to the index
(see left side bar):
Show non-printable characters
You can use the -A/--show-all option to show and highlight non-printable
characters:
