Update README.md to mention `--strip-ansi`

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Ethan P. 3 months ago
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If an input file contains color codes or other ANSI escape sequences or control characters, `bat` will have problems
performing syntax highlighting and text wrapping, and thus the output can become garbled.
When displaying such files it is recommended to disable both syntax highlighting and wrapping by
If your version of `bat` supports the `--strip-ansi=auto` option, it can be used to remove such sequences
before syntax highlighting. Alternatively, you may disable both syntax highlighting and wrapping by
passing the `--color=never --wrap=never` options to `bat`.
> [!NOTE]
> The `auto` option of `--strip-ansi` avoids removing escape sequences when the syntax is plain text.
### Terminals & colors
`bat` handles terminals *with* and *without* truecolor support. However, the colors in most syntax

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