vimcat : print syntax highlighted file to terminal



script karma Rating 463/163, Downloaded by 10171 Comments, bugs, improvements Vim wiki created by Rafael Kitover script type utility description This script will convert a file to a highlighted version using ANSI escape codes and print it to your terminal, like cat only with colors.



This script is part of the vimpager project, which itself is available on vim.org here:



http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1723



The project is hosted on GitHub, where you can file issues and submit pull requests:



https://github.com/rkitover/vimpager



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:



Most of the code in this script is not mine, I only fixed some minor OS compatibility issues.



The following people are responsible for this functionality:



Original vim script for highlighting with ANSI codes, AnsiHighlight by:



Matthew Wozniski (mjw@drexel.edu)



Original conversion to shell script by:



Magnus Woldrich: https://github.com/trapd00r/utils/blob/master/_v



Fixes to the highlighting code to make the utility actually usable (and not bleed the background color etc.) by:



krijesta: Chris Chambers <krijesta@google.com> install details chmod +x vimcat

mkdir ~/bin

mv vimcat ~/bin



add $HOME/bin to your PATH in your ~/.bashrc or other shell startup file.



# COMMAND LINE OPTIONS



## -c cmd



Run a vim command after opening the file. Multiple -c arguments are

supported.



## --cmd cmd



Run a vim command when entering vim before anything else. Multiple --cmd

arguments are supported.



## -u vimrc



Use an alternate .vimrc or .vimcatrc. rate this script Life Changing Helpful Unfulfilling script versions (upload new version) Click on the package to download. package script version date Vim version user release notes vimcat 2.06 2015-06-28 7.0 Rafael Kitover * Solaris compatibility fixes

* remove array syntax for compatibility with more shells #118 vimcat 2.0 2015-04-29 7.0 Rafael Kitover * support multiple -c and --cmd options, as

well as the -u option

* support MSYS2

vimcat 1.8.9 2014-05-25 7.0 Rafael Kitover * security enhancements (snordhausen: Stefan Nordhausen) #78

* exit on empty file instead of hanging (mapeiqi88) #80 vimcat 1.8.8 2014-04-07 7.0 Rafael Kitover * don't clobber user's PATH (mayersj1: Steve Mayer) #77 vimcat 1.8.3 2013-12-23 7.0 Rafael Kitover * manpage for vimcat available on github (aroig: Abdo Roig-Maranges)

* add -c option for extra vim command (aroig: Abdo Roig-Maranges)

* pass through if not on a tty (dfechner: Dustin Fechner) vimcat 1.7.9 2013-02-10 7.0 Rafael Kitover * reset fg color if no fg color is set (GitHub #56) (krijesta)

* use #!/usr/bin/env bash as the shebang vimcat 1.7.8 2012-12-31 7.0 Rafael Kitover * change shebang from /bin/sh to /bin/bash, as it's a bash script (GitHub Issue #53)

* use aixterm escapes for light non-bold colors (aroig: Abdó Roig-Maranges)

* reads ~/.vimcatrc if it exist for config (aroig: Abdó Roig-Maranges)

* disables writing to viminfo (aroig: Abdó Roig-Maranges)

* allow vimcat to read from stdin (krijesta: Chris Chambers) vimcat 1.7.7 2012-11-26 7.0 Rafael Kitover Initial upload ip used for rating: 54.39.177.126