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7+ A <i>cat(1)</i> clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.
11+ <a href="#syntax-highlighting">Key Features</a> •
12+ <a href="#how-to-use">How To Use</a> •
13+ <a href="#installation">Installation</a> •
14+ <a href="#customization">Customization</a> •
15+ <a href="#project-goals-and-alternatives">Project goals, alternatives</a> •
16+ Translation [<a href="https://github.com/chinanf-boy/bat-zh">中文</a>]
19+### Syntax highlighting
21+`bat` supports syntax highlighting for a large number of programming and markup
24+
28+`bat` communicates with `git` to show modifications with respect to the index
31+
33+### Show non-printable characters
35+You can use the `-A`/`--show-all` option to show and highlight non-printable
38+
42+`bat` can pipe its own output to `less` if the output is too large for one screen.
44+### File concatenation
46+Oh.. you can also use it to concatenate files :wink:. Whenever
47+`bat` detects a non-interactive terminal (i.e. when you pipe into another process
48+or into a file), `bat` will act as a drop-in replacement for `cat` and
49+fall back to printing the plain file contents.
53+Display a single file on the terminal
59+Display multiple files at once
65+Read from stdin, determine the syntax automatically
68+> curl -s https://sh.rustup.rs | bat
71+Read from stdin, specify the language explicitly
74+> yaml2json .travis.yml | json_pp | bat -l json
77+Show and highlight non-printable characters:
82+Use it as a `cat` replacement:
85+bat > note.md # quickly create a new file
87+bat header.md content.md footer.md > document.md
89+bat -n main.rs # show line numbers (only)
91+bat f - g # output 'f', then stdin, then 'g'.
97+*... and other Debian-based Linux distributions.*
99+Download the latest `.deb` package from the [release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases)
102+sudo dpkg -i bat_0.9.0_amd64.deb # adapt version number and architecture
107+You can install [the `bat` package](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/bat/)
108+from the official sources:
116+You can install `bat` via xbps-install:
123+You can install a precompiled [`bat` package](https://www.freshports.org/textproc/bat) with pkg:
129+or build it on your own from the FreeBSD ports:
132+cd /usr/ports/textproc/bat
138+You can install `bat` using the [nix package manager](https://nixos.org/nix):
146+You can install `bat` with zypper:
154+You can install `bat` with [Homebrew](http://braumeister.org/formula/bat):
162+You can download prebuilt binaries from the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases),
163+or install it with [scoop](https://scoop.sh/):
169+[See below](#using-bat-on-windows) for notes.
173+There is a [Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/danlynn/bat/) that you can use to run `bat` in a container:
175+docker pull danlynn/bat
176+alias bat='docker run -it --rm -e BAT_THEME -e BAT_STYLE -e BAT_TABS -v "$(pwd):/myapp" danlynn/bat'
181+You can install `bat` with [Ansible](https://www.ansible.com/):
184+# Install role on local machine
185+ansible-galaxy install aeimer.install_bat
190+# Playbook to install bat
193+ - aeimer.install_bat
196+- [Ansible Galaxy](https://galaxy.ansible.com/aeimer/install_bat)
197+- [GitHub](https://github.com/aeimer/ansible-install-bat)
199+This should work with the following distributions:
201+- ARM (eg. Raspberry PI)
209+Check out the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases) for
210+prebuilt versions of `bat` for many different architectures. Statically-linked
211+binaries are also available: look for archives with `musl` in the file name.
215+If you want to build `bat` from source, you need Rust 1.29 or
216+higher. You can then use `cargo` to build everything:
222+You may have to install `cmake` and the `libz` development package
223+(`libz-dev` or `libz-devel`) in order for the build to succeed.
227+### Highlighting theme
229+Use `bat --list-themes` to get a list of all available themes for syntax
230+highlighting. To select the `TwoDark` theme, call `bat` with the
231+`--theme=TwoDark` option or set the `BAT_THEME` environment variable to
232+`TwoDark`. Use `export BAT_THEME="TwoDark"` in your shell's startup file to
233+make the change permanent. Alternatively, use `bat`s
234+[configuration file](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#configuration-file).
236+If you want to preview the different themes on a custom file, you can use
237+the following command (you need [`fzf`](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf) for this):
239+bat --list-themes | fzf --preview="bat --theme={} --color=always /path/to/file"
242+`bat` looks good on a dark background by default. However, if your terminal uses a
243+light background, some themes like `GitHub` or `OneHalfLight` will work better for you.
244+You can also use a custom theme by following the
245+['Adding new themes' section below](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#adding-new-themes).
249+You can use the `--style` option to control the appearance of `bat`s output.
250+You can use `--style=numbers,changes`, for example, to show only Git changes
251+and line numbers but no grid and no file header. Set the `BAT_STYLE` environment
252+variable to make these changes permanent or use `bat`s
253+[configuration file](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#configuration-file).
255+### Adding new syntaxes / language definitions
257+`bat` uses the excellent [`syntect`](https://github.com/trishume/syntect/)
258+library for syntax highlighting. `syntect` can read any
259+[Sublime Text `.sublime-syntax` file](https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/syntax.html)
260+and theme. To add new syntax definitions, do the following.
262+Create a folder with syntax definition files:
265+BAT_CONFIG_DIR="$(bat cache --config-dir)"
267+mkdir -p "$BAT_CONFIG_DIR/syntaxes"
268+cd "$BAT_CONFIG_DIR/syntaxes"
270+# Put new '.sublime-syntax' language definition files
271+# in this folder (or its subdirectories), for example:
272+git clone https://github.com/tellnobody1/sublime-purescript-syntax
275+Now use the following command to parse these files into a binary cache:
281+Finally, use `bat --list-languages` to check if the new languages are available.
283+If you ever want to go back to the default settings, call:
289+### Adding new themes
291+This works very similar to how we add new syntax definitions.
293+First, create a folder with the new syntax highlighting themes:
295+BAT_CONFIG_DIR="$(bat cache --config-dir)"
297+mkdir -p "$BAT_CONFIG_DIR/themes"
298+cd "$BAT_CONFIG_DIR/themes"
300+# Download a theme in '.tmTheme' format, for example:
301+git clone https://github.com/greggb/sublime-snazzy
303+# Update the binary cache
307+Finally, use `bat --list-themes` to check if the new themes are available.
309+### Using a different pager
311+`bat` uses the pager that is specified in the `PAGER` environment variable. If this variable is not
312+set, `less` is used by default. If you want to use a different pager, you can either modify the
313+`PAGER` variable or set the `BAT_PAGER` environment variable to override what is specified in
316+If you want to pass command-line arguments to the pager, you can also set them via the
317+`PAGER`/`BAT_PAGER` variables:
320+export BAT_PAGER="less -RF"
323+Instead of using environment variables, you can also use `bat`s [configuration file](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat#configuration-file) to configure the pager (`--pager` option).
325+**Note**: By default, if the pager is set to `less` (any no command-line options are specified),
326+`bat` will pass the following command line
327+options to the pager: `-R`/`--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS`, `-F`/`--quit-if-one-screen` and `-X`/`--no-init`.
328+The first (`-R`) is needed to interpret ANSI colors correctly. The second option (`-F`) instructs
329+less to exit immediately if the output size is smaller than the vertical size of the terminal.
330+This is convenient for small files because you do not have to press `q` to quit the pager. The
331+third option (`-X`) is needed to fix a bug with the `--quit-if-one-screen` feature in old versions
332+of `less`. Unfortunately, it also breaks mouse-wheel support in `less`. If you want to enable
333+mouse-wheel scrolling, you can either pass just `-R` (as in the example above, this will disable
334+the quit-if-one-screen feature), or you can use a recent version of `less` and pass `-RF` which
335+will hopefully enable both quit-if-one-screen and mouse-wheel scrolling.
337+If scrolling still doesn't work for you, you can try to pass the `-S` option in addition.
339+## Configuration file
341+`bat` can also be customized with a configuration file. The location of the file is dependent
342+on your operating system. To get the default path for your system, call
347+Alternatively, you can use the `BAT_CONFIG_PATH` environment variable to point `bat` to a
348+non-default location of the configuration file:
350+export BAT_CONFIG_PATH="/path/to/bat.conf"
355+The configuration file is a simple list of command line arguments. Use `bat --help` to see a full list of possible options and values. In addition, you can add comments by prepending a line with the `#` character.
357+Example configuration file:
359+# Set the theme to "TwoDark"
362+# Show line numbers, Git modifications and file header (but no grid)
363+--style="numbers,changes,header"
365+# Use italic text on the terminal (not supported on all terminals)
368+# Add mouse scrolling support in less (does not work with older
369+# versions of "less")
372+# Use C++ syntax (instead of C) for .h header files
375+# Use "gitignore" highlighting for ".ignore" files
376+--map-syntax .ignore:.gitignore
379+## Using `bat` on Windows
381+`bat` mostly works out-of-the-box on Windows, but a few features may need extra configuration.
385+Windows only includes a very limited pager in the form of `more`. You can download a Windows binary
386+for `less` [from its homepage](http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/download.html) or [through
387+Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/Less). To use it, place the binary in a directory in
388+your `PATH` or [define an environment variable](#using-a-different-pager).
392+Windows 10 natively supports colours in both `conhost.exe` (Command Prompt) and PowerShell since
393+[v1511](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_version_history#Version_1511_(November_Update)), as
394+well as in newer versions of bash. On earlier versions of Windows, you can use
395+[Cmder](http://cmder.net/), which includes [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/).
397+**Note:** The Git and MSYS versions of `less` do not correctly interpret colours on Windows. If you
398+don’t have any other pagers installed, you can disable paging entirely by passing `--paging=never`
399+or by setting `BAT_PAGER` to an empty string.
403+`bat` on Windows does not natively support Cygwin's unix-style paths (`/cygdrive/*`). When passed an absolute cygwin path as an argument, `bat` will encounter the following error: `The system cannot find the path specified. (os error 3)`
405+This can be solved by creating a wrapper or adding the following function to your `.bash_profile` file:
411+ for index in $(seq 0 ${#args[@]}) ; do
412+ case "${args[index]}" in
414+ *) [ -e "${args[index]}" ] && args[index]="$(cygpath --windows "${args[index]}")";;
417+ command bat "${args[@]}"
423+### Terminals & colors
425+`bat` handles terminals *with* and *without* truecolor support. However, the colors in the syntax
426+highlighting themes are not optimized for 8-bit colors and it is therefore strongly recommended
427+that you use a terminal with 24-bit truecolor support (`terminator`, `konsole`, `iTerm2`, ...).
428+See [this article](https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728) for more details and a full list of
429+terminals with truecolor support.
431+Make sure that your truecolor terminal sets the `COLORTERM` variable to either `truecolor` or
432+`24bit`. Otherwise, `bat` will not be able to determine whether or not 24-bit escape sequences
433+are supported (and fall back to 8-bit colors).
435+### Line numbers and grid are hardly visible
437+Please try a different theme (see `bat --list-themes` for a list). The `OneHalfDark` and
438+`OneHalfLight` themes provide grid and line colors that are brighter.
443+# Recursive clone to retrieve all submodules
444+git clone --recursive https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
446+# Build (debug version)
450+# Run unit tests and integration tests
453+# Install (release version)
456+# Build a bat binary with modified syntaxes and themes
457+bash assets/create.sh
461+## Project goals and alternatives
463+`bat` tries to achieve the following goals:
465+- Provide beautiful, advanced syntax highlighting
466+- Integrate with Git to show file modifications
467+- Be a drop-in replacement for (POSIX) `cat`
468+- Offer a user-friendly command-line interface
470+There are a lot of alternatives, if you are looking for similar programs. See
471+[this document](doc/alternatives.md) for a comparison.