using cat to output to terminal is problematic for people using bat

[hamza-m-masood]

There is an open source tool called bat
It is just a fork of cat with more features.

I have this alias in my bashrc:

alias cat='bat'

when I type in kubech I see this kind of output:

───────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       │ STDIN
───────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   1   │ NOTE:
   2   │   - The command "kubech" is just a meta for other commands. So kubech does nothing by itself.
   3   │   - Also short names like "kchc/kchn/kchu" are available.
   4   │
   5   │ VARS:
   6   │   KUBECONFIG_SRC_DIR     : Set directory with extra kubectl config files to read in kubech commands.
   7   │                            This allow to have multiple config files in addition to
   8   │                            the one at "$HOME/.kube/config".
   9   │                            Default: "/Users/hamzamasood/.kube/config.src.d"
  10   │   KUBECONFIG_DEST_DIR    : Set directory for temporary kubectl config files. The files
  11   │                            in this directory are auto-generated by kubech commands
  12   │                            and you don't need to interact with them or even change that var.
  13   │                            Default: "/Users/hamzamasood/.kube/config.dest.d"
  14   │   KUBECH_NAMESPACE_CHECK : Method used to check if namespace exists before switching to it.
  15   │                            The default lists all namespaces which can be slow in large
  16   │                            clusters. After kubernetes 1.22+ all namespaces have a label
  17   │                            that can be used to speed this up. Set to "label" to enable this.
  18   │                            Available options: "list", "label".
  19   │                            Default: "list"
  20   │
  21   │ USAGE:
  22   │   kubechc             : List all contexts
  23   │   kubechc <CONTEXT>   : Switch to context <CONTEXT>
  24   │   kubechn             : List all namespaces
  25   │   kubechn <NAMESPACE> : Switch to namespace <NAMESPACE>
  26   │   kubechu             : Unset the active context. This is just a safty net
  27   │                         to avoid applying config by mistake to the wrong cluster.
───────┴───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

This is the output I expect:

NOTE:
  - The command "kubech" is just a meta for other commands. So kubech does nothing by itself.
  - Also short names like "kchc/kchn/kchu" are available.

VARS:
  KUBECONFIG_SRC_DIR     : Set directory with extra kubectl config files to read in kubech commands.
                           This allow to have multiple config files in addition to
                           the one at "$HOME/.kube/config".
                           Default: "/Users/hamzamasood/.kube/config.src.d"
  KUBECONFIG_DEST_DIR    : Set directory for temporary kubectl config files. The files
                           in this directory are auto-generated by kubech commands
                           and you don't need to interact with them or even change that var.
                           Default: "/Users/hamzamasood/.kube/config.dest.d"
  KUBECH_NAMESPACE_CHECK : Method used to check if namespace exists before switching to it.
                           The default lists all namespaces which can be slow in large
                           clusters. After kubernetes 1.22+ all namespaces have a label
                           that can be used to speed this up. Set to "label" to enable this.
                           Available options: "list", "label".
                           Default: "list"

USAGE:
  kubechc             : List all contexts
  kubechc <CONTEXT>   : Switch to context <CONTEXT>
  kubechn             : List all namespaces
  kubechn <NAMESPACE> : Switch to namespace <NAMESPACE>
  kubechu             : Unset the active context. This is just a safty net
                        to avoid applying config by mistake to the wrong cluster.

kubech seems to be using cat under the hood and is conflicting with my alias for bat.

I understand that this may be a niche usecase but the bat open source tool is popular enough for me to mention this.