License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Color Linux cat type command.
Uses ccrc/nanorc files for coloring information.
Expects 1) ccrc files to be found under ~/.ccat/
Expects - if not found under 1) - 2) nanorc files to be found under ~/.nano/
NB! nanorc files can be found here: [https://github.com/scopatz/nanorc]
Compiles with free pascal compiler.
Check out officially supported ccrc files under ccrc directory here: [https://github.com/sith-ikjetil/ccat/tree/main/ccrc]
Usage:
ccat test.pas
or
ccat --syntax=pascal < test.pas
or
cat test.pas | ccat --syntax=pascal
where
# --syntax=pascal means it looks in ~/.ccat/pascal.ccrc then ~/.nano/pascal.nanorc for syntax format
# --syntax=perl means it looks in ~/.ccat/perl.ccrc then ~/.nano/perl.nanorc for syntax format
# --syntax=c means it looks in ~/.ccat/c.ccrc then ~/.nano/c.nanorc for syntax format
# etc..
# if syntax is specified and no ccrc/nanorc file is found it renders input to
# output raw with no coloring or manipulation
# if syntax is not specified and a file given is of unknown type then default it will
# use the text syntax.The quality of the coloring of syntax varies depending on how good the quality of the ccrc/nanorc.
Not all nanorc syntax is supported. As of now only the following syntax is supported in .ccrc and .nanorc files:
color fg-color-name "<regular expression>"
It is also important to note that the order in which these color settings are set is important.
Also in .ccrc files and .nanorc files the following multi line comments are supported from version 0.5.
color fg-color-name start="<regular expression>" end="<regular expression>"
Please note that comments and multi line comments should be placed first in the .ccrc or .nanorc file.
In order to get coloring in nano when editing the ccrc files you need to copy
the ccrc.nanorc file under nanorc to ~/.nano. Then run the following command:
echo include \"~/.nano/ccrc.nanorc\" >> ~/.nanorc