bash: using bat as a replacement for cat

This is only done if the binary actually exists, and then we change
environment variables such as MANPAGER and MANROFFOPT so everything
works seemlessly.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Sabaté Solà <msabate@suse.com>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index bc95137..e70d4a2 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -43,6 +43,17 @@ alias ..='cd ..'
 alias cd..='cd ..'
 
 ##
+# If `bat` is available, use it as a drop-in replacement for `cat (1)`.
+
+if command -v bat &> /dev/null; then
+  alias cat='bat'
+
+  # Use it on man pages too.
+  export MANPAGER="sh -c 'col -bx | bat -l man -p'"
+  export MANROFFOPT="-c"
+fi
+
+##
 # Editors & terminals.
 
 # Set GNU Emacs as the default editor. You can find this `emacsclient-a-nw`
@@ -72,6 +83,9 @@ alias gti=git
 # Setting up PS1.
 PS1='\u:\w$(__git_ps1 "\[\033[0;32m\]@%s\[\033[0m\]\]") $ '
 
+# Introduce `cclip` as a fast way to use `xclip` but selecting the clipboard.
+alias cclip='xclip -selection clipboard'
+
 ##
 # Programming languages and environments.