Automatic cleaning up the output

[noraworld]

How can I clean up the bat output automatically after exiting?

I usually use the option --paging=always to always show with less style. less cleans up the output automatically after exiting, but bat doesn't.

Is there any available options to do this?

[sharkdp]

Is there any available options to do this?

No. You could add --paging=always to bats config file, and that should probably do what you want. But bat itself can not do this, as it simply prints do the terminal. It doesn't open an 'alternate screen' like a pager usually does.

Potentially related: #1053

[noraworld]

Thank you for your reply.

I see bat can't do this right now. Is bat planned to have an ability to clean up the terminal after exiting in the future as well as less does?

[sharkdp]

Is bat planned to have an ability to clean up the terminal after exiting in the future as well as less does?

no, but as mentioned above, you can follow #1053 if you are interested in updates on this.