Use batcat for the cat alias on Debian/Ubuntu#24
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Debian and Ubuntu install bat's binary as `batcat` to avoid a name clash, so `alias cat="bat -Pp"` pointed at a binary that doesn't exist there. Detect whichever name is present.
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Debian and Ubuntu install bat's binary as
batcatto avoid a name clash with another package, soalias cat="bat -Pp"pointed at a binary that doesn't exist on those distros.The alias now detects whichever name is present (
bateverywhere else,batcaton Debian/Ubuntu).Validation
Confirmed against a clean
ubuntu:24.04container — thebatpackage installs/usr/bin/batcatwith nobaton PATH:fish --no-executepasses, and on a host wherebatis present the alias still resolves tobat -Pp.