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silicon — Create an image of source code. See also: `freeze`. More information: <https://github.com/Aloxaf/sil

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Problem

How to use the silicon command: Create an image of source code. See also: freeze. More information: <https://github.com/Aloxaf/silicon#examples>.

Solution

silicon — Create an image of source code. See also: freeze. More information: <https://github.com/Aloxaf/silicon#examples>.

Generate an image from a specific source file:
silicon {{path/to/source_file}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}}


Generate an image from a source file with a specific programming language syntax highlighting (e.g. rust, py, js, etc.):
silicon {{path/to/source_file}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}} {{[-l|--language]}} {{language|extension}}


Generate an image from stdin:
{{command}} | silicon {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}}

Code Snippets

Generate an image from a specific source file

silicon {{path/to/source_file}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}}

Generate an image from a source file with a specific programming language syntax highlighting (e.g. `rust`, `py`, `js`, etc.)

silicon {{path/to/source_file}} {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}} {{[-l|--language]}} {{language|extension}}

Generate an image from `stdin`

{{command}} | silicon {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/output_image}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/silicon

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