Simple command line tool to replace non-ASCII characters with ASCII ones in a string.
This tool intends to create a quick and easy way to copy text files and replace any non-ASCII characters with ASCII substitutes.
The most straight forward way of installing the executable is utilizing the go tool chain. Assuming a properly configured go tool chain, you should be able to run the following.
git clone [email protected]:EthanEFung/ascii-me.git
cd ascii-me
go install
ascii-me "“Hello, world”" # Notice the usage of curly double quotesIf the above commands are run, the program returns some information about the first
non-ASCII character and prompts you to enter a ASCII character. Go ahead and insert
" and enter. At which you should be prompted yet again. Insert " and enter once
again. The program then prints to the std out "Hello, world", which is exactly what
we wanted!
If there are multiple of the same non-ASCII character in the string, the program will utilize the same ASCII character the user specified in the first encounter of the non-ASCII character.
copy and paste the following in the terminal and run the executable replacing the emoji with another character:
ascii-me "😕😕😕"
The executable also accepts an input and output flag.
ascii-me -input ~/path/to/text-file -output ./output-file.txtThe above command will slurp the input file and treat it as the string to copy.
Furthermore, because the -output flag was specified, a new file will be created at
the specified path, and the new string will be written to -output.
This tool can only consume either a string passed as the first parameter of the cli,
or consume an input file using the -input flag. If the -input flag is passed, it
will take priority over any stdin argument.
Likewise if a -output file path is specified, the tool will prioritize writing to
the -output file over printing to stdout.
This has not been tested yet, and was built to solve a very specific problem I had at work. Use at your own discretion.