PRIMARY CATEGORY → SETUP
Batcat → A cat(1) clone with Wings 🦇
This cat
clone offers features such as →
- Syntax Highlighting
It supports it for a large number of Programming and Markup Languages
To list all supported →
- Git Integration
It displays the modifications compared to the last Commit
- Non-Printable Characters Display
- Pagination
More info here
Installation
First of all, access to the Releases page and copy the Download Link of the bat_X.X.X_amd64.deb
Then, install it as follows →
That’s it!
CAT → BAT
To replace cat
with bat
, simply add the following aliases in the .zshrc file →
That’s it!
Integration
BAT supports integrations with other Tools or Functionalities such as →
Find ~ FD
Command’s Help
- Paginate →
- Non-Paginate →
Man
To make the above action permanent, add the following line in the .zshrc file →
Tail -{F,f}
Specially useful for continuos monitoring a file with Syntax Highlighting