jp2a

Convert JPEG images to ASCII. More information: <https://csl.name/jp2a/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/jp2a.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install jp2a
Ubuntu
apt-get install jp2a
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S jp2a
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install jp2a
Fedora
dnf install jp2a
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install jp2a
OS X
brew install jp2a
Raspbian
apt-get install jp2a
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/jp2a

Convert JPEG images to ASCII. More information: <https://csl.name/jp2a/>.

  • Read JPEG image from a file and print in ASCII:
    jp2a path/to/image.jpeg
  • Read JPEG image from a URL and print in ASCII:
    jp2a www.example.com/image.jpeg
  • Colorize the ASCII output:
    jp2a --colors path/to/image.jpeg
  • Specify characters to be used for the ASCII output:
    jp2a --chars='..-ooxx@@' path/to/image.jpeg
  • Write the ASCII output into a file:
    jp2a --output=path/to/output_file.txt path/to/image.jpeg
  • Write the ASCII output in HTML file format, suitable for viewing in web browsers:
    jp2a --html --output=path/to/output_file.html path/to/image.jpeg

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