3 homepage: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
5 bat: A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
8 To update or switch versions, run `webi bat@stable` (or `@v0.18`, `@beta`, etc).
12 > `bat` is pretty much what `cat` would be if it were developed today's in the
13 > world of Markdown, git, etc.
15 ### How to run on Windows 10
17 On Windows 10 you'll get an error like this:
19 > execution cannot proceed run because vcruntime140.dll was not found
21 You need to download and install the
22 [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
24 ### How to alias as `cat`
26 Update your `.bashrc`, `.zshrc`, or `.profile`
29 alias cat="bat --style=plain"
32 For situations in which you must use `cat` exactly, remember that you can escape
39 ### How to change the default behavior
41 Take a look at the config options:
47 Check to see where your config file is:
50 echo 'N' | bat --generate-config-file
55 `~/.config/bat/config`:
58 # no numbers or headers, just highlighting and such