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1010### Syntax highlighting
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12−A large number of languages are supported (via Sublime Text definition files):
12+`bat` supports a large number of programming and markup languages (see below):
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1414![Syntax highlighting example](https://imgur.com/rGsdnDe.png)
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3333### Get themes and syntax highlighting definitions
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35+`bat` uses the excellent [`syntect`](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/) library for syntax highlighting. `syntect` uses Sublime Text language definitions and themes.
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37+To get a big package of languages and a Monokai-variant as a theme, run:
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3539``` bash
3640mkdir -p ~/.config/bat/themes
3741cd ~/.config/bat/themes