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title: "Terminal Output To SVG Animations"
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date: 2022-01-17T10:14:22-05:00
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draft: false
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tags: []
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math: false
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medium_enabled: true
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---
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With [`termtosvg`](https://github.com/nbedos/termtosvg) made by Nicolas Bedo we can make SVG animations from terminal output in the style of [asciinema](https://asciinema.org/). To install use [pipx](/blog/managepythonapps/).
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```bash
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pipx install termtosvg
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```
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To start recording, run the command `termtosvg`
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```bash
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termtosvg
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```
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It first outputs:
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```
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Recording started, enter "exit" command or Control-D to end
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```
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At "exit", by default it will save the animation to a random filename in the tmp folder.
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```
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Rendering ended, SVG animation is /tmp/termtosvg_xmadgf9y.svg
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```
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To control the default save location, pass in a filename after `termtosvg`
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```bash
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termtosvg /path/to/savefile.svg
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```
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To record only the execution of a particular command, use the flag `-c`
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```bash
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termtosvg -c neofetch
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```
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I recommend that you resize the terminal window so that the frames generated match the desired width and height. You can instead use the `-g` flag to pass in a geometry. ("100x30" creates a screen with 100 colums and 30 rows)
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Lastly, if you don't want an animation, you can pass in `-s` and the result will be a folder of SVG files representing each frame.
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```bash
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termtosvg -s
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```
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Here is an example of an animation I made with this tool:
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