diff --git a/include/arg.h b/include/arg.h
index ba47a27..06badf1 100644
--- a/include/arg.h
+++ b/include/arg.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define ARG_H
 #include <stdbool.h>
 
-#define LAT_VERSION "0.10.2"
+#define LAT_VERSION "0.11.0"
 
 struct config {
   bool stdin;
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct config {
   bool lines;
   bool headers;
   int force_binary;
+  bool literal;
   bool pager;
   bool has_read_stdin;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/arg.c b/src/lib/arg.c
index bef7b49..ce8f910 100644
--- a/src/lib/arg.c
+++ b/src/lib/arg.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "arg.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-#define LAT_USAGE "usage: lat [-cntbpVh] [file...]"
+#define LAT_USAGE "usage: lat [-cntblpVh] [file...]"
 
 void help(void) {
   printf("lat | lazy cat - a cat clone with some quality-of-life "
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ void help(void) {
          "\t-t, --headers\t toggle file info headers\n"
          "\t-b, --binary\t toggle binary mode, -b forces binary and -bb forces "
          "NOT binary\n"
+         "\t-l, --literal\t print everything to stdout (or equivalent)\n"
          "\t-p, --pager\t print file with the pager (uses less)\n"
          "\t-V, --version\t show program version\n"
          "\t-h, --help\t display this help text (--help shows additional "
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ void examples(void) {
       "\tlat -bb --pager file.txt\n\t\t force file.txt to NOT be treated "
       "as a binary file and print it in the pager\n"
       "\tcurl example.com | lat\n\t\t pipe the results of 'curl example.com' "
-      "into lat\n");
+      "into lat\n"
+			"\tfzf --preview 'lat -l {}'\n\t\t use lat as the file viewer in fzf\n"
+  );
 }
 
 void version(void) {
@@ -82,6 +85,10 @@ void parselongarg(char *arg) {
     return;
   }
 
+  if (strcmp(arg, "--literal") == 0) {
+    conf.literal = !conf.literal;
+  }
+
   if (strcmp(arg, "--pager") == 0) {
     conf.pager = !conf.pager;
   }
@@ -122,6 +129,9 @@ void parseshortarg(char *arg) {
       else
         conf.force_binary = !conf.force_binary;
       break;
+    case 'l':
+      conf.literal = !conf.literal;
+      break;
     case 'p':
       conf.pager = !conf.pager;
       break;
diff --git a/src/lib/file.c b/src/lib/file.c
index 73b76ce..1f2372a 100644
--- a/src/lib/file.c
+++ b/src/lib/file.c
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ bool isbinary(struct filedata *f) {
   char *result = memchr(testbuf, 0x00, testlen);
 
   if (result) {
-      return true;
+    return true;
   } else {
-      return false;
+    return false;
   }
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct filedata readfile(FILE *fp, bool isstdin) {
     }
     f.buf[f.buflen] = '\0';
 
-    f.binary = isbinary(&f); 
+    f.binary = isbinary(&f);
 
     return f;
   }
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct filedata readfile(FILE *fp, bool isstdin) {
     die("fread");
   }
 
-  f.binary = isbinary(&f); 
+  f.binary = isbinary(&f);
 
   return f;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 42ebe6e..b6370fe 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
       die("popen 'less'");
   }
 
+  if (conf.literal) {
+    err = st;
+  }
+
   if (conf.force_binary > 0) {
     f.binary = true;
   } else if (conf.force_binary == 0) {
@@ -42,11 +46,11 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
 
   if (conf.headers) {
     char *addon = f.binary ? "<binary>" : "";
-    if (conf.pager)
-      fprintf(err, "%s%s%s%s\r\n", invert_t, basename(filename), addon, reset);
-    else
-      fprintf(err, "\x1b[2K\r%s%s%s%s\r\n", invert_t, basename(filename), addon,
+    if (conf.stdin && !conf.pager)
+      fprintf(err, "\x1b[2K\r%s%s%s%s\n", invert_t, basename(filename), addon,
               reset);
+    else
+      fprintf(err, "%s%s%s%s\n", invert_t, basename(filename), addon, reset);
   }
 
   conf.process = (tty && !f.binary);
@@ -83,14 +87,11 @@ void run(FILE *fp, char *filename, bool tty) {
     float rounded;
     char *format = formatbytes(f.buflen, &rounded);
 
-    fprintf(err, "%s%.2f %s%s\r\n", invert_t, rounded, format, reset);
+    fprintf(err, "%s%.2f %s%s\n", invert_t, rounded, format, reset);
   }
 
   if (conf.pager) {
     pclose(st); // err is already the same as st
-
-    st = stdout;
-    err = stderr;
   }
 }
 
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ void initconf(void) {
   conf.stdin = false;
   conf.has_read_stdin = false;
   conf.pager = false;
+  conf.literal = false;
   conf.process = true;
   conf.headers = true;
   conf.color = true;
@@ -125,8 +127,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   }
 
   bool tty = isatty(STDOUT_FILENO);
+
   if (argc > 1) {
     int offset = parseargs(argc, argv);
+    tty = tty || conf.literal;
     conf.headers = conf.headers && tty; // tty still overrides user
     conf.pager = conf.pager && tty;
 
@@ -148,7 +152,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       fclose(fp);
       if (tty && (i + 1 != argc)) {
         printf("offset: %d argc: %d\n", i, argc);
-        fprintf(err, "\r\n"); // separate concurrent files in tty
+        fprintf(err, "\n"); // separate concurrent files in tty
       }
     }