tldr/pages/common/bat.md

bat

Print and concatenate files. A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

• Print the contents of a file to the standard output:

bat {{file}}

• Concatenate several files into the target file:

bat {{file1}} {{file2}} > {{target_file}}

• Append several files into the target file:

bat {{file1}} {{file2}} >> {{target_file}}

• Number all output lines:

bat -n {{file}}

• Syntax highlight a json file:

bat --language json {{file.json}}

• Display all supported languages:

bat --list-languages