diff --git a/local/bin/batman b/local/bin/batman
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/bin/batman
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+  col -bx < "$1" | bat --language man --plain
+else
+  col -bx | bat --language man --plain
+fi