Assuming perfect memory and you never make typos they are exactly the same. For ...

GodelNumbering · 2025-10-07T20:42:15 1759869735

You don't need to memorize

alias bat='f(){ cat "$1" | highlight --force -O xterm256 | less -SRNI; }; f'

lynndotpy · 2025-10-07T21:49:12 1759873752

For all the other issues people have pointed out, this assumes you have `highlight` installed.

yjftsjthsd-h · 2025-10-07T23:28:49 1759879729

As opposed to having bat installed?

yjftsjthsd-h · 2025-10-07T20:44:14 1759869854

> Assuming perfect memory and you never make typos they are exactly the same.

You can make an alias.

> For most installs. Or distros. Probably.

Comparing https://repology.org/project/bat-cat/packages vs https://repology.org/project/highlight/packages appears to show them with approximately equal availability. (Unless you're trying some other point, in which case I don't follow.)