aecat(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie 💖 so the whole vibe of this one is aecat - display an aewan document 🦋

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

aecat [-b] [-c] [-{n|N}] [{-p | -l <layer_num>}] [-f <format>] [-o <output_file>] inputfile

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so aecat is a utility program that takes an aewan document and turns it into ANSI escape sequences, so it can actually be rendered on a standard terminal 🖥️✨ no cap, it's giving main character.

if you'd rather show it on a webpage, it can also generate HTML code for that 🌈 and you can convert just one layer of the document, or ask for a composite of all the layers together. literally so iconic 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -f — this one picks your output format! the choices are "text", "html" or "comment" 💅 the default is "text". the "comment" format is the one that pulls out the document's metadata ✨
• -c — prepends a 'clear screen' escape sequence 🧹 (this only works when you're outputting text, so don't try it with the other formats bestie 💀)
• -o<file> — writes the output to the file you name instead of stdout 📁
• -b — turns off color, so only the characters get printed 🖤
• -l<layer_no> — picks which layer to use. it has to be an index, not a layer name 🔢 by default you get layer 0 🧚
• -L — shows you how many layers are in the file 🍓
• -p — exports a composite, aka it overlays all the visible layers and pays attention to layer transparency and all that jazz 🦋 the composite ends up the same size as the first layer 📐
• -n — suppresses newlines 🙈
• -h — prints a short help text 🫶

🫧 AUTHORS 🫧

this program is part of the Aewan Ascii Art Editor package 💜 if you want the author info, go check aewan(1) ✨

📜 LICENSE 📜

the legal stuff, bestie 🫶 Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Bruno Takahashi C. de Oliveira. All rights reserved.

it's licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or (your pick) any later version 🌈 the full details live in the COPYING file that comes with the program.

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

aewan(1), aewan(5), aemakeflic(1) 💖

that's a wrap, bestie 🌸 this page came from the Aewan Ascii Art Editor, dated March 2005. now go make some art 🎨💅✨