'How can I display an image in the terminal?
Is there any sort of utility I can use to convert an image to ASCII and then print it in my terminal? I looked for one but couldn't seem to find any.
Solution 1:[1]
A program called cacaview allows you to do this.
It is interactive, allowing you to pan, zoom, and change display modes.
Solution 2:[2]
Solution 3:[3]
more simply, you may use img2txt from the caca library (cacaview is an image browser and opens a new window, which is not what is asked here I guess);
For instance :
on macosx, you may use homebrew :
$ brew reinstall libcaca --with-imlib2
(imlib is used to convert from different formats)
Solution 4:[4]
Here's a utility that does this (with source code):
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/10949/ASCII-Art-Generator
Solution 5:[5]
A high quality fast standalone conversion utility (provided you have a 256 color terminal) is pxl, available at https://github.com/ichinaski/pxl.
Solution 6:[6]
Chafa
I like to use chafa.
chafa example.png
You can download Chafa from Chafa's website or from your favourite package manager, like APT:
sudo apt install chafa
Solution 7:[7]
Another alternative is to use the Ipython notebook: it is pretty good at doing what you ask for.
For bash: You have to prepend commands with a bang. For images: You may use the rich display system from ipython.
A screenshot of the result:
Complete answer in this post.
Solution 8:[8]
For Linux ubuntu
$gio open simpleImageFile.png
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