3 homepage: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
5 bat: A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
7 `bat` is pretty much what `cat` would be if it were developed today's in the world of Markdown, git, etc.
10 ### How to run on Windows 10
12 On Windows 10 you'll get an error like this:
14 > execution cannot proceed run because vcruntime140.dll was not found
16 You need to download and install the
17 [Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads)
19 ### How to alias as `cat`
21 Update your `.bashrc`, `.zshrc`, or `.profile`
24 alias cat="bat --style=plain"
27 ### How to change the default behavior
29 Take a look at the config options:
35 Check to see where your config file is:
38 echo 'N' | bat --generate-config-file
43 `~/.config/bat/config`:
46 # no numbers or headers, just highlighting and such