tldr/pages/common/ppmtoascii.md

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}}