bash: common: use cat if bat is missing in log_file_bat()

rpardini · rpardini · commit 7998041c0a71 · 2025-11-25T16:55:21.000+01:00
- otherwise contents wouldn't be shown at all
- maybe it's time to add bat to downloaded dependencies (like linuxkit)?

Signed-off-by: Ricardo Pardini &lt;ricardo@pardini.net&gt;
diff --git a/bash/common.sh b/bash/common.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ function log_file_bat() {
 	elif command -v batcat > /dev/null; then
 		batcat --color=always --paging=never "${extra_bat_args[@]}" "${file}"
 	else
-		log "${level}" "'bat' utility not installed; install it to see file contents in logs."
+		log "${level}" "'bat' utility not installed; install it to see file contents colorized in logs."
+		cat "${file}"
 	fi
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ function log_file_bat() {`
`51`	`51`	`elif command -v batcat > /dev/null; then`
`52`	`52`	`batcat --color=always --paging=never "${extra_bat_args[@]}" "${file}"`
`53`	`53`	`else`
`54`		`- log "${level}" "'bat' utility not installed; install it to see file contents in logs."`
	`54`	`+ log "${level}" "'bat' utility not installed; install it to see file contents colorized in logs."`
	`55`	`+ cat "${file}"`
`55`	`56`	`fi`
`56`	`57`	`}`
`57`	`58`