Add option to display file even if bat thinks it is binary

[NightMachinery]

I have a file with this content:

# cat -v sth
^@this is 1.
this is 2.
this is 3.
^@hi
^@blue boy

And bat -A sth returns:

[sharkdp]

We do this on purpose to prevent users from accidentally "printing" binary files to the terminal that could mess up their terminal emulator.

But adding an option to overwrite this behavior sounds very reasonable. Also, I agree that it would be great if bat -A would show the file even if it is binary.

[sharkdp]

see also #619

[sharkdp]

Let's start by changing bat -A such that binary files will be displayed. Non-UTF-8 byte sequences would be replaced by a hex representation (e.g.\xFE\xEF).

[NightMachinery]

👍🏽🤞🏻

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[sharkdp]

This can now be done with bat -A, see #640 for details.

[sharkdp]

Released in bat v0.12.