How to display images in OSX terminal

The name of the pictureThe name of the pictureThe name of the pictureClash Royale CLAN TAG#URR8PPP











up vote
1
down vote

favorite












How do I display images in the terminal? I am on Mac OSX mountain lion (10.8.5), and the answers in this question don't work on OSX. Is it possible at all?






osx macintosh images







share|improve this question























  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
    – Jesse Keilson
    Apr 1 '16 at 20:33














up vote
1
down vote

favorite












How do I display images in the terminal? I am on Mac OSX mountain lion (10.8.5), and the answers in this question don't work on OSX. Is it possible at all?






osx macintosh images







share|improve this question























  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
    – Jesse Keilson
    Apr 1 '16 at 20:33












up vote
1
down vote

favorite









up vote
1
down vote

favorite











How do I display images in the terminal? I am on Mac OSX mountain lion (10.8.5), and the answers in this question don't work on OSX. Is it possible at all?






osx macintosh images







share|improve this question















How do I display images in the terminal? I am on Mac OSX mountain lion (10.8.5), and the answers in this question don't work on OSX. Is it possible at all?






osx macintosh images




osx macintosh images






share|improve this question















share|improve this question













share|improve this question




share|improve this question








edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36









Community♦

1




1










asked Apr 1 '16 at 20:25









John Militer

6542928




6542928











  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
    – Jesse Keilson
    Apr 1 '16 at 20:33
















  • stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
    – Jesse Keilson
    Apr 1 '16 at 20:33















stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
– Jesse Keilson
Apr 1 '16 at 20:33




stackoverflow.com/questions/12233105/…
– Jesse Keilson
Apr 1 '16 at 20:33










2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes

















up vote
1
down vote



accepted











  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art





share|improve this answer
















  • 1




    Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:14






  • 1




    @John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
    – Wildcard
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:42










  • I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
    – John Militer
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:05






  • 1




    I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:11

















up vote
3
down vote













pxl is the best tool I have found for xterm-256color terminals.



iTerm has specific tools to inline images (search iTerm imgcat and imgls) but those are kind of cheats (that work great :D).



gif-cli works for GIFs, but ... not well at all. Its author has tools for videos and images, too.



pxl:



enter image description here



imgcat: Just shows the image, with no scaling or anything. The screenshot was bigger than SO's limit, unfortunately. (SO should include a compression mechanism. 🙄) Supports a variety of formats, including animated GIFs.



Update: Kitty is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports custom protocols that allow it to render bitmaps. It's very feature-rich, I suggest you try it.







share|improve this answer






















  • pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
    – jamescampbell
    yesterday










Your Answer







StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "106"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);

else
createEditor();

);

function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: false,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);



);













 

draft saved


draft discarded


















StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2funix.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f273730%2fhow-to-display-images-in-osx-terminal%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest

















2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes








2 Answers
2






active

oldest

votes









active

oldest

votes






active

oldest

votes








up vote
1
down vote



accepted











  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art





share|improve this answer
















  • 1




    Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:14






  • 1




    @John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
    – Wildcard
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:42










  • I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
    – John Militer
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:05






  • 1




    I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:11














up vote
1
down vote



accepted











  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art





share|improve this answer
















  • 1




    Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:14






  • 1




    @John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
    – Wildcard
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:42










  • I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
    – John Militer
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:05






  • 1




    I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:11












up vote
1
down vote



accepted







up vote
1
down vote



accepted







  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art





share|improve this answer













  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art






share|improve this answer












share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer










answered Apr 1 '16 at 21:00









ctrl-alt-delor

9,27331948




9,27331948







  • 1




    Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:14






  • 1




    @John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
    – Wildcard
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:42










  • I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
    – John Militer
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:05






  • 1




    I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:11












  • 1




    Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:14






  • 1




    @John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
    – Wildcard
    Apr 1 '16 at 21:42










  • I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
    – John Militer
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:05






  • 1




    I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
    – ctrl-alt-delor
    Apr 1 '16 at 22:11







1




1




Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 1 '16 at 21:14




Have you installed them. I know 100% that you can get vlc for mac.
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 1 '16 at 21:14




1




1




@John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
– Wildcard
Apr 1 '16 at 21:42




@John, if you want to just use existing Mac tools without installing anything, why not just use the terminal command open on the image files to open them in Preview?
– Wildcard
Apr 1 '16 at 21:42












I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
– John Militer
Apr 1 '16 at 22:05




I would like to install available tools to do that. Please tell me the url's for them
– John Militer
Apr 1 '16 at 22:05




1




1




I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 1 '16 at 22:11




I use apt-get and these URLs: http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/. If you are using Mac, or Microsoft, then you have to do it the hard way (does mac have a package manager?)
– ctrl-alt-delor
Apr 1 '16 at 22:11












up vote
3
down vote













pxl is the best tool I have found for xterm-256color terminals.



iTerm has specific tools to inline images (search iTerm imgcat and imgls) but those are kind of cheats (that work great :D).



gif-cli works for GIFs, but ... not well at all. Its author has tools for videos and images, too.



pxl:



enter image description here



imgcat: Just shows the image, with no scaling or anything. The screenshot was bigger than SO's limit, unfortunately. (SO should include a compression mechanism. 🙄) Supports a variety of formats, including animated GIFs.



Update: Kitty is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports custom protocols that allow it to render bitmaps. It's very feature-rich, I suggest you try it.







share|improve this answer






















  • pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
    – jamescampbell
    yesterday














up vote
3
down vote













pxl is the best tool I have found for xterm-256color terminals.



iTerm has specific tools to inline images (search iTerm imgcat and imgls) but those are kind of cheats (that work great :D).



gif-cli works for GIFs, but ... not well at all. Its author has tools for videos and images, too.



pxl:



enter image description here



imgcat: Just shows the image, with no scaling or anything. The screenshot was bigger than SO's limit, unfortunately. (SO should include a compression mechanism. 🙄) Supports a variety of formats, including animated GIFs.



Update: Kitty is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports custom protocols that allow it to render bitmaps. It's very feature-rich, I suggest you try it.







share|improve this answer






















  • pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
    – jamescampbell
    yesterday












up vote
3
down vote










up vote
3
down vote









pxl is the best tool I have found for xterm-256color terminals.



iTerm has specific tools to inline images (search iTerm imgcat and imgls) but those are kind of cheats (that work great :D).



gif-cli works for GIFs, but ... not well at all. Its author has tools for videos and images, too.



pxl:



enter image description here



imgcat: Just shows the image, with no scaling or anything. The screenshot was bigger than SO's limit, unfortunately. (SO should include a compression mechanism. 🙄) Supports a variety of formats, including animated GIFs.



Update: Kitty is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports custom protocols that allow it to render bitmaps. It's very feature-rich, I suggest you try it.







share|improve this answer














pxl is the best tool I have found for xterm-256color terminals.



iTerm has specific tools to inline images (search iTerm imgcat and imgls) but those are kind of cheats (that work great :D).



gif-cli works for GIFs, but ... not well at all. Its author has tools for videos and images, too.



pxl:



enter image description here



imgcat: Just shows the image, with no scaling or anything. The screenshot was bigger than SO's limit, unfortunately. (SO should include a compression mechanism. 🙄) Supports a variety of formats, including animated GIFs.



Update: Kitty is a cross-platform terminal emulator that supports custom protocols that allow it to render bitmaps. It's very feature-rich, I suggest you try it.








share|improve this answer














share|improve this answer



share|improve this answer








edited 8 mins ago

























answered May 21 at 2:56









HappyFace

1118




1118











  • pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
    – jamescampbell
    yesterday
















  • pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
    – jamescampbell
    yesterday















pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
– jamescampbell
yesterday




pxl is my new favorite, really nice go get away install too. Thanks
– jamescampbell
yesterday

















 

draft saved


draft discarded















































 


draft saved


draft discarded














StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2funix.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f273730%2fhow-to-display-images-in-osx-terminal%23new-answer', 'question_page');

);

Post as a guest
































































-

Popular posts from this blog

How to check contact read email or not when send email to Individual?

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 1 down vote favorite I'm using WordPress 4.9.8, CiviCRM to 5.5.1, I usually send email to contact by Search> Find contacts View contact details Action> Send email Send email ok, Contact received mail ok like picture But status only Email sent though contact read email or not. So, can CiviCRM can change status to Email read when contact read email? wordpress email share | improve this question asked Sep 26 at 0:12 ToanLuong 49 9 add a comment  |  up vote 1 down vote favorite I'm using WordPress 4.9.8, CiviCRM to 5.5.1, I usually send email to contact by Search> Find contacts View contact details Action> Send email Send email ok, Contact received mail ok like picture But status only Email sent though contact read email or not. So, can CiviCRM can change status to Email read when contact read email? wordpress email share | improve this question asked Se
Read more

Bahrain

Image
For other uses, see Bahrain (disambiguation). Sovereign island state in the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain مملكة البحرين   (Arabic) Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn Flag Coat of arms Anthem:  نشيد البحرين الوطني Bahrainona Our Bahrain Location of   Bahrain    (circled in red) Capital and largest city Manama 26°13′N 50°35′E  /  26.217°N 50.583°E  / 26.217; 50.583 Official languages Arabic Ethnic groups (2010 [1] ) 50.7% Arab (46% Bahrani, 4.7% other Arabs) 45.5% Asian 1% European 1.2% Others Religion Islam Demonym(s) Bahraini Government Unitary constitutional monarchy • King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa • Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa • Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Legislature National Assembly • Upper house Consultative Council • Lower house Council of Representatives Independence • Declared Independence [2] 14 August 1971 • from United Kingdom [1] 15 August 1971 • Admitted to the United Nations 21 September 1971 • Kingdom of Bahrain 14 February 2002
Read more

Postfix configuration issue with fips on centos 7; mailgun relay

Image
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP up vote 0 down vote favorite I am trying to setup postfix to relay all mail generated on the local machine via SMTP to a mailgun relay. I have used the mailgun relay before with success on an ubuntu server, but I am migrating to a Centos 7 server which I will be running in FIPS mode. There error log is below, slightly sanitized. I have a small enough network that I choose to have each machine reach out to mailgun individually (this the loopback-only, 127.0.0.0/8 restrictions) and no firewall open port allowing smtp in to the machine. I assume the FIPS mode (and with it disabling of MD5) is causing problems, but I don't know how to overcome it or if it is even possible for tls_fprint to use some supported hash such as sha256 or sha512. However, the relay=none is slightly concerning since I have relayhost set, but perhaps that is because the smtp process is failing? Any help would be appreciated! postconf -n: alias_database = hash:/etc/alia
Read more