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Created March 5, 2020 22:57
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  1. jorgerance created this gist Mar 5, 2020.
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    cat() {
    arguments="$*"
    for i in $arguments; do
    argument=$i
    file_type=$(mdls "$argument"|grep '^kMDItemContentType '|awk -d'=' '{printf $3}'|tr -d '"')
    printf "\n\n >>> File type: %s \n\n\n" "$file_type"
    case "$file_type" in

    "public.python-script"|"public.shell-script")
    highlight -O ansi --force "$argument"
    ;;

    *)
    cat "$argument"
    ;;
    esac
    done
    }