Just a UNIX's cat copy, but less bloated and in Rust.

Renan Fernandes

Last update: Mar 5, 2022

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Overview

RAT

The opposite of UNIX's cat, less bloated, and in Rust.

About the project

The idea of this CLI is

"A CLI program that is basically UNIX's cat commant (show the file's content in terminal), but less bloated and in a different language."

Why i did this?

Because i've noticed that the UNIX's cat code is bloated, with more than 800 lines, and i said, why not make the things more simple? And i did this to show people that i can do more than i think i can

Want to use it?

Then do the following.

Binary

Just download the binary available in this repository and move it to /usr/local/bin (or any other dir in $PATH)

$ sudo mv <rat's binary file> /usr/local/bin/

And to use it, just run

$ rat <file>

Clone and compile

Just clone this repository (downloading it or cloning with git clone <repo URL>)

$ make

to only compile it

$ sudo make install

to install on a compatible binary directory (/usr/local/bin/) and make it executable

And to use it, just run

$ rat <file>

Want to code on it?

Its simple!

Just clone this repository (downloading it or cloning with git clone <repo URL>)

Do your modifications

And compile it.

I made a Makefile to make things easier, if you want to install it "manually", then do:

$ cargo build

$ cargo run <file>

But if you want to compile with make, then:

$ make

to only compile it

and in sequence

$ sudo make install

to install on a compatible binary directory (/usr/local/bin/) and make it executable

Want to contact me?

Simple!

Just e-mail me at [email protected]

Send me a message in Telegram

Pro tip

You can use multiple files in this program, just like in cat:

$ rat file1 file2

Made with love by @renan4nandes

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