How to display images in OSX terminal

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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?






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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?






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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?






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















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  • xdg-open to open a viewer from terminal

  • convert to ascii art asciiview

  • use vlc to output video as ascii art





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






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    @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






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    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

















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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.







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  • 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
















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    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






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    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














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  • 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












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  • 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












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    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.








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