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If you spend a lot of time navigating through code, configuration files, or log files in the Linux terminal, you're likely familiar with the classic cat utility, which reads files sequentially, writing them to the standard output. But what if you could have all that functionality with added syntax highlighting, git integration, and more? Enter bat—a powerful cat clone that not only mimics the traditional behavior of cat but enhances it significantly. The bat utility breathes new life into the file preview process by adding syntax highlighting for a multitude of programming and markup languages.