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bat
batFiles & documentsBy sharkdp ↗
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Read source files in the terminal with optional syntax highlighting.
For your agent
Use plain, unpaged output when passing file contents through an automated workflow.
Agent capability details have not yet been reviewed. Check the official documentation ↗
Example command
bat --style=plain --paging=never README.mdRun after following the project’s setup instructions. Local files, credentials, or a connected service may be required.
What it does
- File viewing
- Syntax highlighting
- Plain output
Homebrew installs
bat ↗Explicitly requested installation events
- 30 days
- 16,766
- 90 days
- 34,256
- 365 days
- 195,020
From Homebrew installations that report analytics. Includes package variants; counts are not unique users.
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Checked . Source dated . How installs are counted ↗
GitHub binary downloads
sharkdp/bat ↗- Cumulative · selected release binaries
- 4,010,356
Downloads of selected binaries from published, non-prerelease releases (532 assets across 43 releases). Excludes source archives, checksums, and signatures. Deleted assets are no longer included. These are cumulative counts, not downloads over the last 30 days.
Downloads are not unique users or confirmed installations. Sources can overlap and should not be added together.
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Checked . Snapshot . How downloads are counted ↗
GitHub activity: Within freshness window. Last successful check . Freshness policy ↗
Repository activity
Commits per week · GitHub snapshot
Tap, hover, or use the arrow keys to inspect weekly commits. Weekly totals can extend beyond the selected dates; the latest week may be incomplete. All time includes up to 52 recorded weeks. Hourly data is unavailable.
Commands and capabilities are described from the project documentation. Repository statistics cover sharkdp/bat, which may contain more than the CLI. Listing a tool does not mean every command has been tested with every agent.
