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Expand Up @@ -244,6 +244,13 @@ abbr -a --position anywhere -- --help '--help | bat -plhelp'
abbr -a --position anywhere -- -h '-h | bat -plhelp'
```

To remove these abbreviations later, run:

```fish
abbr --erase -- --help
abbr --erase -- -h
```

This way, you can keep on using `cp --help`, but get colorized help pages.

Be aware that in some cases, `-h` may not be a shorthand of `--help` (for example with `ls`). In cases where you need to use `-h`
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