pbmtoascii

Convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoascii.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pbmtoascii.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install netpbm
Ubuntu
apt-get install netpbm
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S netpbm
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install netpbm
CentOS
yum install netpbm-progs
Fedora
dnf install netpbm-progs
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install netpbm
OS X
brew install netpbm
Raspbian
apt-get install netpbm

Convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoascii.html>.

  • Read a PBM file as input and produce an ASCII output:
    pbmtoascii path/to/input_file.pbm
  • Read a PBM file as input and save an ASCII output into a file:
    pbmtoascii path/to/input_file.pbm > path/to/output_file
  • Read a PBM file as input while setting the pixel mapping (defaults to 1x2):
    pbmtoascii -1x2|2x4 path/to/input_file.pbm
  • Display version:
    pbmtoascii -version

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