bat¶

bat is a cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration.

Installation¶

bat is available in the reprepro repository.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install bat

sudo apt update
sudo apt install bat

On Debian and Ubuntu, the executable might be installed as batcat instead of bat due to a name conflict with another package. To use bat directly, you can create a symbolic link or an alias:

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
ln -s /usr/bin/batcat ~/.local/bin/bat

echo "alias bat='batcat'" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Config¶

bat can be configured using a configuration file. You can find the default configuration directory by running bat --config-dir.

To set a theme permanently, you can export the BAT_THEME environment variable in your shell's configuration file (e.g., .bashrc or .zshrc).

export BAT_THEME="TwoDark"

You can also add new themes by creating a themes folder within bat's configuration directory and rebuilding the cache.

mkdir -p "$(bat --config-dir)/themes"
# Add theme files to the directory
bat cache --build

Catppuccin Theme¶

To install the Catppuccin theme for bat, follow these steps:

mkdir -p "$(bat --config-dir)/themes"
wget -P "$(bat --config-dir)/themes" https://github.com/catppuccin/bat/raw/main/themes/Catppuccin-mocha.tmTheme
bat cache --build

To use the Catppuccin theme, set BAT_THEME to Catppuccin-mocha:

export BAT_THEME="Catppuccin-mocha"

Usage¶

To view a file:

bat filename.txt

To not show line numbers:

bat -p config.yaml

To show line numbers:

bat -n config.yaml

To concatenate multiple files:

bat file1.txt file2.txt

References¶

• https://github.com/sharkdp/bat
• https://github.com/catppuccin/bat