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ppmtoascii — Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image using ANSI terminal color codes. See also: `ppmtoterm`, `pbmto

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Problem

How to use the ppmtoascii command: Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image using ANSI terminal color codes. See also: ppmtoterm, pbmtoascii, pbmto4425. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtoascii.html>.

Solution

ppmtoascii — Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image using ANSI terminal color codes. See also: ppmtoterm, pbmtoascii, pbmto4425. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtoascii.html>.

Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image, combining an area of 1x2 pixels into a character:
ppmtoascii {{path/to/input.ppm}} > {{path/to/output.txt}}


Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image, combining an area of 2x4 pixels into a character:
ppmtoascii -2x4 {{path/to/input.ppm}} > {{path/to/output.txt}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image, combining an area of 1x2 pixels into a character

ppmtoascii {{path/to/input.ppm}} > {{path/to/output.txt}}

Convert a PPM image to an ASCII image, combining an area of 2x4 pixels into a character

ppmtoascii -2x4 {{path/to/input.ppm}} > {{path/to/output.txt}}

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tldr-pages: common/ppmtoascii

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