Cat with steroids (or as they say, cat clone with wings)

@rossijonas posted on twitter:

Fancy #bash #zsh #cli upgrade:

Cat with steroids (or as they say, cat clone with wings)

Install bat and add the alias:

alias cat='bat --theme="TwoDark" --style="numbers" --color=always'

(you may play with options 👆)

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

#linux #macos #cat #bat #shell

and replied adding:

You can always ignore the alias and invoke the standard cat using \:

\cat file.txt

Useful links & references:

• Original post on twitter
• Bat, A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

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