batcat

Print and concatenate files. A cat clone with syntax highlighting and Git integration. tldr-pages

GTFOBins inherit 1 documented command

How batcat is abused

documented by GTFOBins

inherit

--paging

Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for batcat.

1 documented command

from GTFOBins, each read by the identifier

inherit unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID

--paging always can be omitted provided that the output doesn't fit the screen.

batcat --paging always /etc/hosts

Identify

The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is, with GTFOBins’ notes, from GTFOBins, at commit acd524623f9c of 2026-05-27, under the GPL-3.0, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on GTFOBins’s page for batcat. The identifier reads the line that runs batcat.

Everyday use

from tldr-pages, CC BY 4.0

Pretty print the contents of one or more files to stdout

bat path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...Identify

Concatenate several files into the target file

bat path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ... >path/to/target_fileIdentify

Remove decorations and disable paging

bat [-pp|--style plain --pager never] path/to/fileIdentify

None of the 3 examples the identifier reads matches GTFOBins abuse or trips a Sigma process-creation rule.

batcat

How batcat is abused

1 documented command

Everyday use

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