Bat

Functionality¶

A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

Installation¶

RECOMMENDED Get the .deb file from the release page.

sudo dpkg -i bat_0.18.3_amd64.deb  # adapt version number and architecture

FROM APT REPOSITORY

sudo apt install bat

If you install bat this way, please note that the executable may be installed as batcat instead of bat (due to a name clash with another package). You can set up a bat -> batcat symlink or alias to prevent any issues that may come up because of this and to be consistent with other distributions:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -s /usr/bin/batcat ~/.local/bin/bat

Usage¶

bat fileName

An alias alias cat="bat" can be added in the .bashrc* file to keep using cat but with the functionality of bat. After adding the alias,*

source .bashrc

There are other Terminal shells like zsh and others. All of them have a file similar to .bashrc