bash-it/plugins/available/less-pretty-cat.plugin.bash

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cite about-plugin
about-plugin 'pygmentize instead of cat to terminal if possible'
if $(command -v pygmentize &> /dev/null) ; then
# get the full paths to binaries
CAT_BIN=$(which cat)
LESS_BIN=$(which less)
# pigmentize cat and less outputs - call them ccat and cless to avoid that
# especially cat'ed output in scripts gets mangled with pygemtized meta characters
function ccat()
{
about 'runs either pygmentize or cat on each file passed in'
param '*: files to concatenate (as normally passed to cat)'
example 'cat mysite/manage.py dir/text-file.txt'
if [ -z "$BASH_IT_CCAT_STYLE" ]; then
BASH_IT_CCAT_STYLE=default;
fi
for var;
do
pygmentize -f 256 -O style="$BASH_IT_CCAT_STYLE" -g "$var" 2>/dev/null || "$CAT_BIN" "$var";
done
}
function cless()
{
about 'it pigments the file passed in and passes it to less for pagination'
param '$1: the file to paginate with less'
example 'less mysite/manage.py'
if [ -z "$BASH_IT_CLESS_STYLE" ]; then
BASH_IT_CLESS_STYLE=default;
fi
pygmentize -f 256 -O style="$BASH_IT_CLESS_STYLE" -g $* | "$LESS_BIN" -R
}
fi