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bat

A cat(1) clone with wings.

Tool cli command-line git
Minimal

Install package

Latest
min add bat
Source archive SHA256
4474de87…a9c9
Spec hash
5425d7e1…13f4
Target
amd64/linux
Needs network
No
Closed source
No

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What is bat?

A cat(1) clone with wings.

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add bat

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["bat"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build bat
min add --runtime bat