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| author | Keith Hall <kingkeith+github@gmail.com> | 2022-01-28 22:15:26 +0200 |
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| committer | David Peter <sharkdp@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-01-29 18:17:59 +0100 |
| commit | eb4b1eb28f2605e48810be495f088bb55e0e5101 (patch) | |
| tree | 7b2d1c5a757994b13372c2853f7d558d6d220b99 | |
| parent | 9287cf6b0ba98be2611b5a682dffcc1a8583b151 (diff) | |
README.md: Clarify --map-syntax argument
| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -515,8 +515,9 @@ command line option. The option takes an argument of the form `pattern:syntax` w the absolute file path. The `syntax` part is the full name of a supported language (use `bat --list-languages` for an overview). -Note: You probably want to use this option as an entry in `bat`s configuration file instead -of passing it on the command line (see below). +Note: You probably want to use this option as [an entry in `bat`s configuration file](#configuration-file) +for persistence, instead of passing it on the command line as a one-off, as generally +you'd just use `-l` unless you are passing multiple filenames as arguments. Example: To use "INI" syntax highlighting for all files with a `.conf` file extension, use ```bash |