yooootsuba / ccat

Makes Linux "cat" colorful.

ccat.sh

ccat.sh is a wapper of Linux "cat" command, it provides a extensional option "-c" that makes output of "cat" colorful.

The option "-c" means colorful.

Dependency

ccat.sh depends on Pygments to highlight the files.

$ pip install Pygments

Install

Get ccat.sh from curl.

$ curl --create-dirs -o ~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Yooootsuba/ccat/master/ccat.sh

Give ccat.sh executing permission.

$ chmod +x ~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh

Load ccat.sh in ~/.bashrc.

$ echo "source ~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh" >> ~/.bashrc

Use Linux "cat" through ccat.sh.

$ echo "alias cat='~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh cat'" >> ~/.bashrc

Reload your ~/.bashrc. Now you can use the "-c" option in Linux "cat".

$ source ~/.bashrc

Custom highlighting style

I wrote a script that shows all style in Pygments supported.

Press "Enter" key until the style of you like appears, and copy the style name manually.

$ python styles.py

You will find the following line cat -n $arguments | pygmentize -g -O style=default in ~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh.

Replace the default with your favorite style name.

$ vim ~/.config/ccat/ccat.sh

License

MIT License