add bypass alias to bat cheat sheet

diff --git a/bat/README.md b/bat/README.md
index 6b830115b5efb397cd3e1e02e346a8ea28e59517..0abba3fbc436cd335afdebd493782ad4f1e83628 100644 (file)
--- a/bat/README.md
+++ b/bat/README.md
@@ -57,3 +57,9 @@ Edit the config file:
 # no numbers or headers, just highlighting and such
 --style="plain"
 ```
+
+For situations in which you must use `cat` exactly, remember that you can escape the alias:
+
+```bash
+\cat foo
+```
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