CLI

asciio can be used and controlled from the command line.

asciio_to_text

Converts an existing '.asciio' file to ASCII and display it in the terminal

Converts files, or text, to asciio elements.

text_to_asciio filename.asciio file [file ...]

The command will create a box elements containing the content each file and save it in 'filename.asciio'.

A text stream is read from STDIN, split into chunks, and converted into asciio elements.

The resulting asciio file is output to STDOUT.

some_command | text_to_asciio > file.asciio

In this mode, text_to_asciio accepts the following options:

option		default
-b	create a box element	create a text element
text_separator	perl regular expression used to split	"\n"

You can create these types of scripts for asciio:

a script that modifies a running asciio
- you can send script to it via a POST to asciio web server
- you can, from the UI, choose a script to be run
a script in which you can create an asciio, without UI, and insert elements in it
- the result can be saved in an '.asciio' file
- the result can be printed as ASCII in your terminal

See the Scripting section for detailed information.