tldr/pages/common/bat.md

bat

Print and concatenate files. A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. More information: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat.

• Print the contents of one or more files to stdout:

bat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

• Concatenate several files into the target file:

bat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/target_file}}

• Append several files into the target file:

bat {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} >> {{path/to/target_file}}

• Number all output lines:

bat --number {{path/to/file}}

• Syntax highlight a JSON file:

bat --language json {{path/to/file.json}}

• Display all supported languages:

bat --list-languages