ImageViewer in CLI

A command line image viewer

Build

> go build .

Usage

Providing a file name to show

> gv [options] {image_file_path_name}

Through a pipe

> cat {image_file_path_name} | gv [options]

options

• -i : invert the image brightness (optional, default: false)
• -w {number} : limit the maximum width in pixels (optional, default: screen width)
• -h {number} : limit the maximum height in pixels (optional, default: screen height)

So, Where should I use this?

with fzf

You can use this to fzf's preview

> ls *.png | fzf --preview "gv -w 100 {}"

insert an image into text contents

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Make a text image with this and paste it into text contents

# make an inverted image and copy it
> gv -i {image_file_path_name} | pbcopy

etc

• including a cool logo in your cli command application
• just for fun