How to get Quicklook to open shellscript as source

Question

I typically have a set of shell scripts with no extensions. Something like:

git-completion
git-flow
git-addremove
..etc..

All these script are written in bash. When I use Quicklook on them it shows a basic preview. The correct behavior for this script executables should be to display their source code.

How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

It looks like QLStephen does what you're asking for. (And boy, it sure has a handsome name)

QLStephen is an Apple OSX QuickLook plugin that lets you view plain text files without a file extension. It is useful for reading files like:

• README
• INSTALL
• CHANGELOG
• Makefile
• Rakefile
• CapFile