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bat is a cat(1) clone featuring syntax highlighting, Git integration, automatic paging, and non-printable character display for terminal use. The tool supports integration with fzf, ripgrep, find, tail, git diff, xclip, and man, and can serve as a drop-in replacement for cat.
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Summary
bat is a cat(1) clone featuring syntax highlighting, Git integration, automatic paging, and non-printable character display for terminal use. The tool supports integration with fzf, ripgrep, find, tail, git diff, xclip, and man, and can serve as a drop-in replacement for cat.
Tags
bat · syntax-highlighting · command-line · git-integration · cat-replacement · terminal-tools · pager
Key entities
bat (technology, 0.99) · git (technology, 0.95) · fzf (technology, 0.85) · ripgrep (technology, 0.85) · cat (technology, 0.9) · delta (technology, 0.7) · bat-extras (technology, 0.75) · syntax-highlighting (concept, 0.95)
Classification
reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 2 Jul 2026