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asciiart

Convert images to ASCII. More information: https://github.com/nodanaonlyzuul/asciiart.
  • Read an image from a file and print in ASCII:
    asciiart {{path/to/image.jpg}}
  • Read an image from a URL and print in ASCII:
    asciiart {{www.example.com/image.jpg}}
  • Choose the output width (default is 100):
    asciiart --width {{50}} {{path/to/image.jpg}}
  • Colorize the ASCII output:
    asciiart --color {{path/to/image.jpg}}
  • Choose the output format (default format is text):
    asciiart --format {{text|html}} {{path/to/image.jpg}}
  • Invert the character map:
    asciiart --invert-chars {{path/to/image.jpg}}

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