How to use the command asciiart (with examples)

The asciiart command is a tool that allows you to convert images to ASCII art. It can read an image from a file or URL and print it in ASCII format. It provides various options such as controlling the output width, colorizing the ASCII output, choosing the output format, and inverting the character map.

Use case 1: Read an image from a file and print in ASCII

Code:

asciiart path/to/image.jpg

Motivation: This use case is helpful when you have an image stored locally and you want to convert it to ASCII art. It allows you to visualize the content of the image in an ASCII representation.

Explanation: The command asciiart is followed by the path to the image file (path/to/image.jpg). It will read the image from the specified file and print it in ASCII format.

Example output:

                                       .....''''''''''''''.......                               
                           ........'':loodddxxxk0KXNWMMMMMMMWNK0Okxdol:'...                       
                       .'''. ' :OWMMNOddxxkxxkO0XWMMMMMMMMMMWMNK0kxxkkOKWMWX0OOOd'                   
                    '..  ..'  . .OWMMMMWNk;......',,,,,,;lOWNKxOKNWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNk:..                
                .;.  ..    ... ;KMMMMMMMMMMNOxc;.....       ,0MMWWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNO'              
          .....   ........  .;OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWKd, ..      .;0NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWo.            
         .:kxc..  .;;;;;:xKMMMMMMMWMMMMMMMMMMMMK: .    ... cXMMMMMMMMMMMWNK0XMMMMMMMMMMK;            
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             .    .OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWMMMMMMMMMNl .   '   lNWMXkoc;'''''',,';lxOXMMMMMMd              
           :WX;        kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK:lXMMMMN.   ,  .kMKc''.',;;;;,..   .,OMMMMMNO.              
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        ,MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWk,.dMMMMMKc,OWMMMMWl .,    .KMMMMMMMWKdOMMMMMMNk0KMMMMMO' 'KWWMMMMMMMMMMM
         dMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWNMMMMMNd.'OMMMMMk. .,    .OMMMMMMMNkOMMMMMxOMMMMMMMMMWx.  :dk0XWMMMMMMW
         .KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMd..'xMMMMMK' .,    .OMMMMMMMk'MMMMk.dMMMMMMMMMMMX,   ..  .;kNMMMMM
          oMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNl..   .dMMMMMk. .'    .OMMMMMMM,xMMMx .NMMMMMMMMMMW0.        .xXMMMM
           KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWx.   .. :NMMMMK' .:    .OMMMMMMM'oMMMx 'XMMMMMMMMMMMK.     .. .kMMMX
           .XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK;  .     ,0MMMK,   ,    .OMMMMMMM'0MMMo dMMMMMMMMMMMMk       .. cNMW
            'NMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNo   .    .,KMMNo.  .:    .OMMMMMMMxKMMN 'XMMMMMMMMMMMM0.     ... oWM'
             'XMMMMMMMMMMMMNo'   .     .kMMMMx.  ':    .OMMMMMMMMMMO ,NMMMMMMMMMMMMMK.   .... .oK'
              'OMMMMMMMMMMNo.   ..     .OMMMMo   .;.    .OMMMMMMMMMx  lMMMMMMMMMMMMMO,......  :X
               .kMMMMMMMMNo.   ..     .kMMMMK'  .,.     .0MMMMMMMNl  'NMMMMMMMMMMMMMK'.',...'dM'
                .lNMMMMWd.  .....   .dMMMMM0,  .;.      .OMMMN0kl. .dWMMMMMMMMMMMMMO'....   X
                  .lXMMX;  ....:xKNMMMMMMWKo'   '         'dko;..'xKMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK,       '.,;
                    .;:.  ..    ...',,,'.                   lKMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMXl.    .;;..x
                                                         'xNMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWMMMMNO'    cKWWMMM
                                                     .:xKWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM