The Bat Command: A Powerful Tool for Viewing and Editing Text Files

Key points from the videos:

The bat command is a powerful tool that can be used to view and edit text files.
bat includes a number of features that make it more powerful than the cat command, such as syntax highlighting, line numbers, and the ability to preview changes before they are made.
bat is a great tool for developers and sysadmins who need to work with text files on a regular basis.

Personal anecdote:

I recently started using the bat command to view and edit my Python scripts. I really like the syntax highlighting and line numbers, which make it much easier to read and understand my code. I also appreciate the ability to preview changes before I make them, which helps me to avoid making mistakes.

Conclusion:

If you are looking for a powerful and feature-rich tool for viewing and editing text files, I highly recommend the bat command. You can learn more about bat by watching the videos linked below.

Invite to view the videos:

To learn more about the bat command, please scroll down to view the videos linked below. The first video is a tutorial on how to use the bat command, and the second video is a comparison of the bat command and the cat command.

Sample of the command in use:

$ bat myfile.txt

Output of the command:

This is a sample file.

It contains some text.

The text is formatted using syntax highlighting.

The line numbers are also displayed.

Awesome Linux Tools: The bat Command

Sun Jan 29 2023 15:00:26 UTC The bat command is a clone of the cat command, but with wings! This tool can be used similarly as the cat command, but it …

The bat command is a clone of the cat command, but with wings! This tool can be used similarly as the cat command, but it includes additional features such as syntax highlighting, line numbers, and more! In this video, you’ll see the bat command in action.

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— Individual Sections — 00:00 – Intro 01:01 – Set up your very own Linux server with Linode (sponsor) 02:07 – Comparing output from the cat command versus the bat command 04:44 – Installing bat on Ubuntu systems (batcat) 05:57 – Installing bat on Fedora 07:38 – Installing bat on enterprise Linux distributions 11:22 – Setting up an alias on Ubuntu so you can type “bat” instead of “batcat” 13:04 – Example of using the bat command to view a Python script 14:36 – Disabling paging while using the bat command 15:34 – Revealing non-printable characters with the bat command 16:23 – Using the bat command to view changes in version control

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Become a BAT-tle PRO with this Command!

Tue Jan 24 2023 15:51:09 UTC bat command repo: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat #bat #cat #linux #command #terminal #software #engineering #python.

bat command repo: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat #bat #cat #linux #command #terminal #software #engineering #python

FSL Cool Tools: cat and bat

Thu Jan 27 2022 14:42:34 UTC In this episode of “Full Stack Live Cool Tools”, I present one of the oldest and still most-used command-line tools in Linux/Unix: cat …

In this episode of “Full Stack Live Cool Tools”, I present one of the oldest and still most-used command-line tools in Linux/Unix: cat. As a bonus, I also demonstrate a modern alternative named “bat”.

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