I cannot visualise an ascii art image in 24 bit colors when I log into my server via ssh. I have created a dynamic motd for my ssh server. Specifically in the file /etc/update-motd.d/10-logo there is this command: jp2a /etc/update-motd.d/ares.jpg --height=50 --background=dark --colors --color-depth=4 and everything works. If on the other hand I change --color-depth=24 then I no longer see anything, just the default motd message. If I run this command with --color-depth=24 immediately after connecting via ssh I see the image. And of course I also see it if I run this command with --color-depth=24 in the client terminal. It almost seems that at the time motd is created the terminal does not support truecolor, i.e. 24 bit colours. Whereas immediately before (in the client terminal) and immediately after (in the server terminal) it does support it. Is there a possibility to display the motd image in truecolour (24 bit)?

[Toilet](http://caca.zoy.org/wiki/toilet) fails to print a euro sign. Since the pound sign does print, I was expecting that the Euro would as well. For some reason it doesn’t, though. toilet -W -f georgia16 '£foo €bar' _____ __ ___ 6MMMMMb 69MM MM 6M' Yb 6M' ` MM MM _MM__ _____ _____ MM____ ___ ___ __ YM MMMMM 6MMMMMb 6MMMMMb MMMMMMb 6MMMMb `MM 6MM MM MM 6M' Mb 6M' Mb MM' Mb 8M' Mb MM69 " MMMMMMMMM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM ,oMM MM' MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM ,6MM9'MM MM M9 MM MM MM MM MM MM MM MM' MM MM 69 MM YM. ,M9 YM. ,M9 MM. ,M9 MM. ,MM MM MMMMMMMMMM _MM_ YMMMMM9 YMMMMM9 _MYMMMM9 `YMMM9'Yb._MM_ I’m using [this](https://github.com/xero/figlet-fonts/blob/master/Georgi16.flf) font by [xero harrison](http://blog.xero.nu/) . The Euro sign can be found at line 1654. 128 EURO @ @ ____ @ 6MMMMb/$@ 8P YM$@ 6M Y$@ MMMMMMM/ @ MM @ MM @ MMMMM/ @ YM 6$@ 8b d9$@ YMMMM9$ @ @ @ @@ One restriction: default bash terminal on macos 10.12. bash -version GNU bash, version 3.2.57(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin16) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Any pointers as to why and possibly a fix?

Suppose the CLI application my_bin produces an output in terminal which consists of colored text, Unicode symbols and emojis. How can I convert the output to a svg or an image on Ubuntu? For example, curl "v2.wttr.in/Berlin" output is like this in the terminal: How can I convert it to an image file (e.g. vectored image file, png, svg, etc)? **Update:** - I need a solution that doesn't actually need rendering the output of the command in a terminal window. So it should work in background without having to utilize X or Wayland to capture its view. - Tried curl "v2.wttr.in/Berlin" | pbmtext | pnmtopng > out.png This does not render colors or emojis - Tried pango-view --font='mono' -qo out.png <(curl v2.wttr.in/Berlin) It renders emojis but does not render terminal escape codes for colors.

When I run command asciiview image.jpg I'm able to view image in the terminal and quit browser using q key. I've tried different ways to redirect the output of the asciiview image.jpg to the console output (stdout) or save in the file such as asciiview image.jpg > ascii_art.txt or asciiview -driver stdout image.jpg > ascii_art.txt but I didn't get a result as I'm expecting. In the first case, I had to manually press Ctrl+C to get a proper image in the text file, in the second case I didn't get anything meaningful that would resemble the picture. Have anyone ideas how I can save image produced by asciiview directly to file or display it in the console output without entering browser and having to press q key?

art_file (cat -A output): .::""-, .::""-.$ /:: \ /:: \$ |:: | _..--""""--.._ |:: |$ '\:.__ / .' '. \:.__ /$ ||____|.' _..---"

`'---. '.||____|$
     ||:.  |_.'                `'.||:.  |$
     ||:.-'`       .-----.        ';:.  |$
     ||/         .'       '.        \.  |$
     ||         / '-.   '. \\       |.  |$
     ||:.     _| '   \_\_\\/(        \  |$
     ||:.\_.-' )     ||   m `\.--._.-""-;$
     ||:.(_ . '\ __'// m ^_/ /    '.   _.`.$
     ||:.  \__^/` _)

'-...' _ .-'.' '-.$ ||:..-'__ .' '. . ' '. `'.$ ||:(_.' .`' _. ' '-. '. . ''-._$ ||:. : '. .' '. . ' ' '.` '._$ ||:. : '. .' .::""-: .''. ' . . ' ':::''-.$ ||:. .' ..' . /:: \ '. . '. /:: \$ ||:.' .' '. |:: | _.:---""---.._' |:: |$ ||. : '\:.__ / .' -. .- '. \:.__ /$ ||: : '. . ||____|_.' .--. .--. '._||____|$ ||:'.___: '. .' ||:. | ( \/ ) ||:. |$ ||:___| \ '. : ||:. | '-. .-' ||:. |$ [[____] '. '.-._||:. | __ '..' __ ||:. |$ '. : ||:. | (__\ (\/) /__) ||:. |$ '. : ||:. | \/ ||:. |$ '-: ||:. | () ||:. |$ '._||:. |________________________||:. |$ ||:___|'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-||:___|$ [[____] [[____]$ caption_file (cat -A output): $ $ _________ .__ $ / _____/____ _____ ______ | | ____ $ \_____ \\__ \ / \\____ \| | _/ __ \ $ / \/ __ \| Y Y \ |_> > |_\ ___/ $ /_______ (____ /__|_| / __/|____/\___ >$ \/ \/ \/|__| \/ $ ___________ __ $ \__ ___/___ ___ ____/ |_ $ | |_/ __ \\ \/ /\ __\ $ | |\ ___/ > __/\_ \ |__| $ \/ \/ $ $ $ I am trying to merge art_file with caption_file side by side. So far I have tried two methods: 1. using pr -Jmt art_file caption_file > .::""-, .::""-. > /:: \ /:: \ > |:: | _..--""""--.._ |:: | _________ .__ > '\:.__ / .' '. \:.__ / / _____/____ _____ ______ | | ____ > ||____|.' _..---"

`'---. '.||____|        \_____  \\__    \  /     \\____ \|  | _/ __ \
    >      ||:.  |_.'                `'.||:.  |        /          \/ __ \|  Y Y  \  |_> >  |_\  ___/
    >      ||:.-'`       .-----.        ';:.  |       /_______  (____  /__|_|  /   __/|____/\___  >
    >      ||/         .'       '.        \.  |                 \/     \/      \/|__|             \/
    >      ||         / '-.   '. \\       |.  |       ___________                __
    >      ||:.     _| '   \_\_\\/(        \  |       \__      ___/___ ___  ____/  |_
    >      ||:.\_.-' )     ||   m `\.--._.-""-;         |      |_/ __ \\  \/  /\   __\
    >      ||:.(_ . '\ __'// m ^_/ /    '.   _..       |        |\  ___/ >          ||:.  \__^/ _)

'-...' _ .-'.' '-. |____| \___ >__/\_ \ |__| > ||:..-'__ .' '. . ' '. `'. \/ \/ > ||:(_.' .`' _. ' '-. '. . ''-._ > ||:. : '. .' '. . ' ' '.` '._ > ||:. : '. .' .::""-: .''. ' . . ' ':::''-. > ||:. .' ..' . /:: \ '. . '. /:: \ > ||:.' .' '. |:: | _.:---""---.._' |:: | > ||. : '\:.__ / .' -. .- '. \:.__ / > ||: : '. . ||____|_.' .--. .--. '._||____| > ||:'.___: '. .' ||:. | ( \/ ) ||:. | > ||:___| \ '. : ||:. | '-. .-' ||:. | > [[____] '. '.-._||:. | __ '..' __ ||:. | > '. : ||:. | (__\ (\/) /__) ||:. | > '. : ||:. | \/ ||:. | > '-: ||:. | () ||:. | > '._||:. |________________________||:. | > ||:___|'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-||:___| > [[____] [[____] 2. paste art_file caption_file > .::""-, .::""-. > /:: \ /:: \ > |:: | _..--""""--.._ |:: | _________ .__ > '\:.__ / .' '. \:.__ / / _____/____ _____ ______ | | ____ > ||____|.' _..---"

`'---. '.||____|        \_____  \\__  \  /     \\____ \|  | _/ __ \
>      ||:.  |_.'                `'.||:.  |        /        \/ __ \|  Y Y  \  |_> >  |_\  ___/
>      ||:.-'`       .-----.        ';:.  |       /_______  (____  /__|_|  /   __/|____/\___  >
>      ||/         .'       '.        \.  |               \/     \/      \/|__|             \/
>      ||         / '-.   '. \\       |.  |       ___________              __
>      ||:.     _| '   \_\_\\/(        \  |       \__    ___/___ ___  ____/  |_
>      ||:.\_.-' )     ||   m `\.--._.-""-;         |    |_/ __ \\  \/  /\   __\
>      ||:.(_ . '\ __'// m ^_/ /    '.   _..       |    |\  ___/ >          ||:.  \__^/ _)

'-...' _ .-'.' '-. |____| \___ >__/\_ \ |__| > ||:..-'__ .' '. . ' '. `'. \/ \/ > ||:(_.' .`' _. ' '-. '. . ''-._ > ||:. : '. .' '. . ' ' '.` '._ > ||:. : '. .' .::""-: .''. ' . . ' ':::''-. > ||:. .' ..' . /:: \ '. . '. /:: \ > ||:.' .' '. |:: | _.:---""---.._' |:: | > ||. : '\:.__ / .' -. .- '. \:.__ / > ||: : '. . ||____|_.' .--. .--. '._||____| > ||:'.___: '. .' ||:. | ( \/ ) ||:. | > ||:___| \ '. : ||:. | '-. .-' ||:. | > [[____] '. '.-._||:. | __ '..' __ ||:. | > '. : ||:. | (__\ (\/) /__) ||:. | > '. : ||:. | \/ ||:. | > '-: ||:. | () ||:. | > '._||:. |________________________||:. | > ||:___|'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-'-.-||:___| > [[____] [[____] Both of them mess up the alignment of the second file, with paste generating a somewhat better output. So my questions are: 1. Using either paste or pr can I generate desired output? Some option(s) I am overlooking, perhaps? 2. If neither of them are the correct tools for the job, other than writing a new program, what pre-existing solution can I use?

I am looking for a program which I can use to create ASCII diagrams such these: +---------+ | | +--------------+ | NFS |--+ | | | | | +-->| CacheFS | +---------+ | +----------+ | | /dev/hda5 | | | | | +--------------+ +---------+ +-->| | | | | | |--+ | AFS |----->| FS-Cache | | | | |--+ +---------+ +-->| | | | | | | +--------------+ +---------+ | +----------+ | | | | | | +-->| CacheFiles | | ISOFS |--+ | /var/cache | | | +--------------+ +---------+ It should preferably be a package available in Debian . The wonderful diagram displayed above is taken from the Linux kernel documentation. I cannot believe they were created by hand. There must be some tool to create them.

The program seems cool, but giving it a red color really makes it look like my computer is on fire. I think using grep or similar piping command can do the trick, but I see that it prints ASCII escape codes for colors and removes the special formatting of the output that makes it look like fire.

Does anybody know of a terminal application that acts as a sort of screen saver and reads from a text file after inactivity/a command is run and displays it on the screen? I don’t use my machine directly much, and usually SSH into it so I’d like it to look nice in my room with some ASCII art rather than just sitting there looking bland. There’s a bunch here but they don’t seem to be very customisable and I’d like to put my own files on the screen.

I've been searching for this for a while and didn't get a satisfactory answer for it. I've taken this screenshot from the output of Gnu/Linux's tree command. I want to know how to draw or print lines like these, I've tried reading the source code of the tree program but didn't understand anything.

I see other people doing this, occasionally. They'll add something like the following to the start of their terminal, sort of a welcome screen: ____ _____ _ _ _____ __ __ _ _ __ _ _ ____ ____ _____ ____ __ __ _ _ __ ___ __ __ __ ____ ___ ( _ \( _ ) ( \/ )( _ )( )( ) ( \/\/ ) /__\ ( \( )(_ _) (_ _)( _ ) ( _ \( ) /__\ ( \/ ) /__\ / __) /__\ ( \/ )( ___)(__ ) )(_) ))(_)( \ / )(_)( )(__)( ) ( /(__)\ ) ( )( )( )(_)( )___/ )(__ /(__)\ \ / /(__)\ ( (_-. /(__)\ ) ( )__) (_/ (____/(_____) (__) (_____)(______) (__/\__)(__)(__)(_)\_) (__) (__) (_____) (__) (____)(__)(__)(__) (__)(__) \___/(__)(__)(_/\/\_)(____) (_) It happens when the shell starts, and I would like to have it happen for me *when the shell starts, too*. I am pretty proficient with vim for text editing, so I think I could figure out a way to do it. If vim fails, I can use something like the following, but how do I make it come up not garbled when I start my new shell? Please note that this question is *not just about ASCII art*, but is also about how to successfully add it to my bash, and about possible escapes required for the bash shell to get it to work properly. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/126630/creating-diagrams-in-ascii

FreeBSD bootloader includes an ASCII art daemon. Is there any meaning behind the letters "s, y, o", or is just a random choice?

If I execute banner ABC I get: # ###### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # ####### # # # # # # # # # # # ###### ##### and another program, figlet, has more elaborate fonts and mechanisms for joining adjacent characters, e.g.: _ ____ ____ / \ | __ ) / ___| / _ \ | _ \| | / ___ \| |_) | |___ /_/ \_\____/ \____| but what if I want to have each letter printed using just that letter, i.e.: A BBBBBB CCCCC A A B B C C A A B B C A A BBBBBB C AAAAAAA B B C A A B B C C A A BBBBBB CCCCC or better yet, something more compact, like: A BBBB CCCC A A B B C A A BBBB C AAAAA B B C A A BBBB CCCC ? What's the simplest way to make that happen?

I recently discovered figlet which generates ASCII-art banners. Joy! ... but, alas, I want a banner with an arrow on it. Now... $ figlet unicode → arrow _ _ //\ _ _ _ __ (_) ___ ___ __| | ___ |/_\| __ _ _ __ _ __ _____ __ | | | | '_ \| |/ __/ _ \ / _ |/ _ \ / _ | / _` | '__| '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / | |_| | | | | | (_| (_) | (_| | __/ | (_| | | (_| | | | | | (_) \ V V / \__,_|_| |_|_|\___\___/ \__,_|\___| \__,_| \__,_|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ isn't what I want, and $ figlet -- unicode "->" arrow _ _ __ | |___ _____ ___| |__ __ _ _ __ \ \ __ _ _ __ _ __ _____ __ | __\ \ /\ / / _ \ _____ / __| '_ \ / _ | '__| _____\ \ / _ | '__| '__/ _ \ \ /\ / / | |_ \ V V / (_) |_____| (__| | | | (_| | | |_____/ / | (_| | | | | | (_) \ V V / \__| \_/\_/ \___/ \___|_| |_|\__,_|_| /_/ \__,_|_| |_| \___/ \_/\_/ Doesn't quite cut it. I went to the man page, which mentioned fonts corresponding to different charsets - but those seem to add support for different languages, not arrows. What should I do?

For bash script, is there a easy way to detect if a text contains ascii art? An example of ascii art: