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scoop install bat
```
[See below](#using-bat-on-windows) for notes.
### From binaries
Check out the [Release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases) for
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less --tabs 4 -RF "$@"
```
## Using `bat` on Windows
`bat` mostly works out-of-the-box on Windows, but a few features may need extra configuration.
### Paging
Windows only includes a very limited pager in the form of `more`. You can download a Windows binary
for `less` [from its homepage](http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/download.html) or [through
Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/Less). To use it, place the binary in a directory in
your `PATH` or [define an environment variable](#using-a-different-pager).
### Colours
Windows 10 natively supports colours in both `conhost.exe` (Command Prompt) and PowerShell since
[v1511](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_version_history#Version_1511_(November_Update)), as
well as in newer versions of bash. On earlier versions of Windows, you can use
[Cmder](http://cmder.net/), which includes [ConEmu](https://conemu.github.io/).
**Note:** The Git and MSYS versions of `less` do not correctly interpret colours on Windows. If you
dont have any other pagers installed, you can disable paging entirely by passing `--paging=never`
or by setting `BAT_PAGER` to an empty string.
## Troubleshooting
### Terminals & colors