jp2a Command Examples

Convert JPEG images to ASCII. More information: https://csl.name/jp2a/.

• Read JPEG image from a file and print in ASCII:

jp2a {{path/to/image.jpeg}}

• Read JPEG image from a URL and print in ASCII:

jp2a {{www.example.com/image.jpeg}}

• Colorize the ASCII output:

jp2a --colors {{path/to/image.jpeg}}

• Specify characters to be used for the ASCII output:

jp2a --chars='{{..-ooxx@@}}' {{path/to/image.jpeg}}

• Write the ASCII output into a file:

jp2a --output={{path/to/output_file.txt}} {{path/to/image.jpeg}}

• Write the ASCII output in HTML file format, suitable for viewing in web browsers:

jp2a --html --output={{path/to/output_file.html}} {{path/to/image.jpeg}}