# bat v0.26.1

- Product: bat (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat)
- Vendor: David Peter
- Date: 2025-12-02
- Version: v0.26.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/tag/v0.26.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/bat/releases/v0.26.1

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- **added** — Add paging to '-h' and '--help'
- **fixed** — Fix hang when using `--list-themes` with an explicit pager
- **fixed** — Fix negative values of N not being parsed in <N:M> line ranges without `=` flag value separator
- **fixed** — Fix broken Docker syntax preventing use of custom assets
- **fixed** — Fix decorations being applied unexpectedly when piping
- **fixed** — Fix diagnostics attempting to find the version of an executable named builtin when builtin pager is used
- **fixed** — `--help` now correctly reads the config file for theme information
- **changed** — Make PowerShell completions compatible with PowerShell v5.1
- **changed** — Use more robust approach to escaping in Bash completions
- **changed** — Update quadlet syntax mapping to include *.{build,pod} files
- **fixed** — Fix inconsistencies in Ada syntax
- **added** — Add syntax mapping for podman's `artifact` quadlet files
- **added** — Highlight Korn Shell scripts with a shebang of `ksh` using Bash syntax

#### v0.26.1

##### Features

- Add paging to '-h' and '--help' see PR #3478 (@MuntasirSZN)

##### Bugfixes

- Fix hang when using `--list-themes` with an explicit pager, see #3457 (@abhinavcool42)
- Fix negative values of N not being parsed in <N:M> line ranges without `=` flag value separator, see #3442 (@lmmx)
- Fix broken Docker syntax preventing use of custom assets, see #3476 (@keith-hall)
- Fix decorations being applied unexpectedly when piping. Now only line numbers explicitly required on the command line should be applied in auto decorations mode for `cat` compatibility. See #3496 (@keith-hall)
- Fix diagnostics attempting to find the version of an executable named builtin when builtin pager is used. See #3498 (@keith-hall)
- `--help` now correctly reads the config file for theme information etc. See #3507 (@keith-hall)

##### Other
- Improve README documentation on pager options passed to less, see #3443 (@injust)
- Make PowerShell completions compatible with PowerShell v5.1, see #3495 (@keith-hall)
- Use more robust approach to escaping in Bash completions, see #3448 (@akinomyoga)

##### Syntaxes

- Update quadlet syntax mapping to include *.{build,pod} files #3484 (@cyqsimon)
- Fix inconsistencies in Ada syntax, see #3481 (@AldanTanneo)
- Add syntax mapping for podman's `artifact` quadlet files, see #3497 (@xduugu)
- Highlight Korn Shell scripts (i.e. with a shebang of ...`ksh`) using Bash syntax, see #3509 (@keith-hall)