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>cat, but actually designed for reading files. Syntax highlighting, line numbers, automatic paging. //

`less` not good enough?

I’ve never seen syntax highlighting in “less”.

Ha! Here’s how to have syntax highlighting while using less: https://superuser.com/questions/71588/how-to-syntax-highligh...

While I don't use syntax highlighting, I find `lesspipe` useful for files that have a reasonable ‘presentation form’ as well as a source form — html, markdown, etc.

bat is another great alternative

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

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