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A cat(1) clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
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Usage: bat [OPTIONS] [FILE]...
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bat <COMMAND>
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Arguments:
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[FILE]...
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File(s) to print / concatenate. Use a dash ('-') or no argument at all to read from
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standard input.
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Options:
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-A, --show-all
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Show non-printable characters like space, tab or newline. This option can also be used to
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print binary files. Use '--tabs' to control the width of the tab-placeholders.
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-p, --plain...
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Only show plain style, no decorations. This is an alias for '--style=plain'. When '-p' is
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used twice ('-pp'), it also disables automatic paging (alias for '--style=plain
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--paging=never').
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-l, --language <language>
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Explicitly set the language for syntax highlighting. The language can be specified as a
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name (like 'C++' or 'LaTeX') or possible file extension (like 'cpp', 'hpp' or 'md'). Use
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'--list-languages' to show all supported language names and file extensions.
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-H, --highlight-line <N:M>
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Highlight the specified line ranges with a different background color For example:
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'--highlight-line 40' highlights line 40
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'--highlight-line 30:40' highlights lines 30 to 40
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'--highlight-line :40' highlights lines 1 to 40
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'--highlight-line 40:' highlights lines 40 to the end of the file
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'--highlight-line 30:+10' highlights lines 30 to 40
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--file-name <name>
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Specify the name to display for a file. Useful when piping data to bat from STDIN when bat
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does not otherwise know the filename. Note that the provided file name is also used for
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syntax detection.
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-d, --diff
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Only show lines that have been added/removed/modified with respect to the Git index. Use
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--diff-context=N to control how much context you want to see.
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--diff-context <N>
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Include N lines of context around added/removed/modified lines when using '--diff'.
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--tabs <T>
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Set the tab width to T spaces. Use a width of 0 to pass tabs through directly
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--wrap <mode>
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Specify the text-wrapping mode (*auto*, never, character). The '--terminal-width' option
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can be used in addition to control the output width.
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-S, --chop-long-lines
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Truncate all lines longer than screen width. Alias for '--wrap=never'.
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--terminal-width <width>
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Explicitly set the width of the terminal instead of determining it automatically. If
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prefixed with '+' or '-', the value will be treated as an offset to the actual terminal
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width. See also: '--wrap'.
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-n, --number
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Only show line numbers, no other decorations. This is an alias for '--style=numbers'
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--color <when>
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Specify when to use colored output. The automatic mode only enables colors if an
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interactive terminal is detected - colors are automatically disabled if the output goes to
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a pipe.
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Possible values: *auto*, never, always.
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--italic-text <when>
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Specify when to use ANSI sequences for italic text in the output. Possible values: always,
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*never*.
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--decorations <when>
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Specify when to use the decorations that have been specified via '--style'. The automatic
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mode only enables decorations if an interactive terminal is detected. Possible values:
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*auto*, never, always.
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-f, --force-colorization
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Alias for '--decorations=always --color=always'. This is useful if the output of bat is
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piped to another program, but you want to keep the colorization/decorations.
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--paging <when>
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Specify when to use the pager. To disable the pager, use --paging=never' or its
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alias,'-P'. To disable the pager permanently, set BAT_PAGER to an empty string. To control
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which pager is used, see the '--pager' option. Possible values: *auto*, never, always.
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--pager <command>
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Determine which pager is used. This option will override the PAGER and BAT_PAGER
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environment variables. The default pager is 'less'. To control when the pager is used, see
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the '--paging' option. Example: '--pager "less -RF"'.
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-m, --map-syntax <glob:syntax>
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Map a glob pattern to an existing syntax name. The glob pattern is matched on the full
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path and the filename. For example, to highlight *.build files with the Python syntax, use
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-m '*.build:Python'. To highlight files named '.myignore' with the Git Ignore syntax, use
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-m '.myignore:Git Ignore'. Note that the right-hand side is the *name* of the syntax, not
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a file extension.
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--ignored-suffix <ignored-suffix>
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Ignore extension. For example:
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'bat --ignored-suffix ".dev" my_file.json.dev' will use JSON syntax, and ignore '.dev'
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--theme <theme>
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Set the theme for syntax highlighting. Use '--list-themes' to see all available themes. To
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set a default theme, add the '--theme="..."' option to the configuration file or export
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the BAT_THEME environment variable (e.g.: export BAT_THEME="...").
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--list-themes
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Display a list of supported themes for syntax highlighting.
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--style <components>
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Configure which elements (line numbers, file headers, grid borders, Git modifications, ..)
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to display in addition to the file contents. The argument is a comma-separated list of
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components to display (e.g. 'numbers,changes,grid') or a pre-defined style ('full'). To
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set a default style, add the '--style=".."' option to the configuration file or export the
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BAT_STYLE environment variable (e.g.: export BAT_STYLE="..").
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Possible values:
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* default: enables recommended style components (default).
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* full: enables all available components.
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* auto: same as 'default', unless the output is piped.
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* plain: disables all available components.
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* changes: show Git modification markers.
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* header: alias for 'header-filename'.
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* header-filename: show filenames before the content.
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* header-filesize: show file sizes before the content.
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* grid: vertical/horizontal lines to separate side bar
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and the header from the content.
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* rule: horizontal lines to delimit files.
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* numbers: show line numbers in the side bar.
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* snip: draw separation lines between distinct line ranges.
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-r, --line-range <N:M>
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Only print the specified range of lines for each file. For example:
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'--line-range 30:40' prints lines 30 to 40
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'--line-range :40' prints lines 1 to 40
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'--line-range 40:' prints lines 40 to the end of the file
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'--line-range 40' only prints line 40
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'--line-range 30:+10' prints lines 30 to 40
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-L, --list-languages
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Display a list of supported languages for syntax highlighting.
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-u, --unbuffered
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This option exists for POSIX-compliance reasons ('u' is for 'unbuffered'). The output is
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always unbuffered - this option is simply ignored.
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--diagnostic
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Show diagnostic information for bug reports.
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--acknowledgements
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Show acknowledgements.
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-h, --help
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Print help information (use `-h` for a summary)
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-V, --version
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Print version information
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