bat command in linux

 Bat Command in Linux

bat command

• It is the replacement of cat command
• It is used to show the file contents with syntax highlighting.
• It is similar to cat command but bat command adds support for syntax highlighting to make the text easier to read (retrieval)

NOTE

• By default, this command is not installed on your machine. So you need to install it based on the linux distribution, before to test this command.

Syntax

        bat filename

Example 1 - Displaying contents of text file

Example 2 - Displaying file contents of shell script