diff --git a/cmd/pretty.go b/cmd/pretty.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e46d279..0000000
--- a/cmd/pretty.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"bufio"
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func init() {
-  RootCmd.AddCommand(prettyCmd)
-}
-
-var prettyCmd = &cobra.Command {
-  Use: "pretty",
-  Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-    if (len(args) <= 0) {
-      log.Fatal("no arguments provided")
-    }
-    var filename = args[0]
-    f, err := os.Open(filename)
-    if err != nil {
-      log.Fatal(err)
-    }
-
-    defer f.Close()
-
-    scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
-
-    for scanner.Scan() {
-      line := scanner.Text()
-      formattedLine := strings.Replace(line, "\\n", "\n", -1)
-      formattedLine = strings.Replace(formattedLine, "\\t", "\t", -1)
-      fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), formattedLine)
-    }
-
-    if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
-      log.Fatal(err)
-    }
-  },
-}
diff --git a/test/pretty_test.go b/test/pretty_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e89c7bf..0000000
--- a/test/pretty_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-package test
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/Marcusk19/dotctl/cmd"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-)
-
-func TestPrettyCommand(t *testing.T) {
-  dotctl := cmd.RootCmd
-  actual := new(bytes.Buffer)
-  dotctl.SetOut(actual)
-  dotctl.SetErr(actual)
-  dotctl.SetArgs([]string{"pretty", "fixtures/test_pretty.txt"})
-  dotctl.Execute()
-  
-  expected := "The end of this sentence should start a newline. \nThe next sentence should be indented below this one.\n\tHello this is the end of the text"
-  assert.Equal(t, expected, actual.String(), "actual value differs from expected")
-}
-