3 homepage: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
5 bat: A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
14 Use the `@beta` tag for pre-releases.
18 > `bat` is pretty much what `cat` would be if it were developed today's in the
19 > world of Markdown, git, etc.
21 ### How to run on Windows 10
23 On Windows 10 you'll get an error like this:
25 > execution cannot proceed run because vcruntime140.dll was not found
27 You need to download and install the
28 [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
30 ### How to alias as `cat`
32 Update your `.bashrc`, `.zshrc`, or `.profile`
35 alias cat="bat --style=plain"
38 For situations in which you must use `cat` exactly, remember that you can escape the alias:
44 ### How to change the default behavior
46 Take a look at the config options:
52 Check to see where your config file is:
55 echo 'N' | bat --generate-config-file
60 `~/.config/bat/config`:
63 # no numbers or headers, just highlighting and such