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# install Homebrew if you don't already have it: http://mxcl.github.io/homebrew/
# On Mac, Homebrew with homebrew-dupes will allow you to easily upgrade nano to a newer version than the one that came with Mac OSX.
# [homebrew-dupes](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-dupes):
# These formulae duplicate software provided by OS X, though may provide more recent or bugfix versions.
# Add the dupes formulae, then install a new version of nano.
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install nano
# Installing this way includes the /usr/local/share/nano folder containing the default syntax highlight files.
# Use the following run-once one-liner command to add all languages to ~/.nanorc.
/bin/ls /usr/local/share/nano/*.nanorc | xargs -I {} echo 'include "{}"' >> ~/.nanorc
# re-open your terminal and you'll have syntax highlighting
# If it doesn't work and gives errors about magic, you need to set the local path.
# Add the following to your "~/.bash_profile".
# export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
brew tap homebrew/dupes && brew install nano
/bin/ls /usr/local/share/nano/*.nanorc | xargs -I {} echo 'include "{}"' >> ~/.nanorc
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