ascii-cli is both an executable binary that can be run, and a library that can be used in Rust programs.

Installing the `ascii` executable

Assuming you have Rust/Cargo installed, run this command in a terminal:

cargo install ascii-cli

It will make the ascii command available in your PATH if you've allowed the PATH to be modified when installing Rust. cargo uninstall ascii-cli uninstalls.

Adding `ascii_cli` library as a dependency

Run this command in a terminal, in your project's directory:

cargo add ascii-cli

To add it manually, edit your project's Cargo.toml file and add to the [dependencies] section:

ascii-cli = "1.2.1"

The ascii_cli library will be automatically available globally. Read the ascii_cli library documentation.

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ASCII cli

This is a small CLI for quickly viewing the ascii table in your terminal!

Usage

Simple call the CLI with the table subcommand, to view the table

ascii-cli table

Ascii Table Example

to get the table in base 16, or change the base by adding the argument:

-b {base}

You can also translate text strings to its ascii numbers, by using the to-num subcommand, like this:

ascii-cli to-num hello world
68 65 6C 6C 6F  20  77 6F 72 6C 64

And you can do the opposite too, by using the to-char subcommand, like this:

ascii-cli to-char 68 65 6C 6C 6F 20 77 6F 72 6C 64
hello world

Finally, you can use the what-is subcommand, to get more info about a specific character, like this

ascii-cli what-is 7

7: BEL - Bell
Category: Control Character
Description: Triggers a beep

Installation

You can clone the source code, and compile it yourself. Or download one of the binaries in the latest release. You can also download it with cargo install, like so:

cargo install ascii-cli

Installing the ascii executable

Adding ascii_cli library as a dependency

Installing the `ascii` executable

Adding `ascii_cli` library as a dependency