colorized-cat.md

Problem : It can be cool to have some syntax color highlight when quickly checking the content of a file with “cat” Goal : We are going to use pigmentize and create an alias called “pcat” (pygmentized cat)

Setup :

• install pigmentize

  sudo apt-get install python-pygments
  

• open your bashrc and add the line “alias pcat=’pygmentize -g’”
• source your bashrc (source ~/.bashrc)
• you can now use the following cmd : “pcat filename”