Clarify stdin syntax highlighting in the README

Clarify the requirements for automatic syntax highlighting when reading
input from stdin. Fixes #1028.
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Alexander Jackson 2020-06-02 21:36:02 +01:00 committed by David Peter
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@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ Display multiple files at once
> bat src/*.rs
```
Read from stdin, determine the syntax automatically
Read from stdin, determine the syntax automatically (note, this will only work
if the syntax can be determined from the initial line of the file, usually
through a shebang such as `#!/bin/sh`)
```bash
> curl -s https://sh.rustup.rs | bat