Jesse A. Green / notebook

sharkdp/bat

A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting, git integration, and automatic paging. bat displays files with beautiful syntax coloring, shows git modifications in the sidebar, and automatically pipes output through a pager when it exceeds the terminal height.

Generated May 2026 from sharkdp/bat at f57c1b6

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