homepage: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
tagline: |
bat: A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
-description: |
- `bat` is pretty much what `cat` would be if it were developed today in the world of Markdown, git, etc.
---
-## How to alias as `cat`
+## Updating `bat`
+
+```bash
+webi bat@stable
+```
+
+Use the `@beta` tag for pre-releases.
+
+## Cheat Sheet
+
+> `bat` is pretty much what `cat` would be if it were developed today's in the
+> world of Markdown, git, etc.
+
+### How to run on Windows 10
+
+On Windows 10 you'll get an error like this:
+
+> execution cannot proceed run because vcruntime140.dll was not found
+
+You need to download and install the
+[Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
+
+### How to alias as `cat`
Update your `.bashrc`, `.zshrc`, or `.profile`
alias cat="bat --style=plain"
```
-## How to change the default behavior
+For situations in which you must use `cat` exactly, remember that you can escape the alias:
+
+```bash
+\cat foo
+```
+
+### How to change the default behavior
Take a look at the config options: