emojishift

A pipeable, command-line tool, for converting text to emoji, or emoji to text. 👍

Prerequisites

Prerequisite packages are already standard on most current Linux distributions 🖥️:

• SVG-OpenType (or equivalent)
• Python 3.6+

Installation

Assuming you have prerequisites installed, simply add emojify to your $PATH, and ensure it is executable.

For system-wide usage, copy to /usr/local/bin:

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aetherbird/emojishift/main/emojishift
sudo mv emojishift /usr/local/bin
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/emojishift

Usage

usage: emojishift [-h] [-l] [-g] [-s] [-a] [-d] [-r] [-v]

emojishift: translate text to emoji, or emoji to text

options:
  -h, --help           show this help message and exit
  -l, --light, -1      light: letters and text only
  -g, --glyph, -2      glyph: glyph translations only
  -s, --standard, -3   standard: apply glyphs and letters
  -a, --alternate, -4  alternate: apply glyphs and alternate unicode
  -d, --deep, -5       deep: apply maximum glyphing
  -r, --reverse        reverse-translate from emoji to text
  -v, --version        show program's version number and exit

emojishift supports UNIX/Linux pipes: |. For instance, to invoke emoji glyphing on file foo.txt:

cat foo.txt | emojishift

If input is not piped, emojishift runs in interactive mode:

 > emojishift 
Define Input > dog
Select your translation level (default 3): 3


Translation Level: 

1. Light: Letters and text only
2. Glyph: Glyph translations only
3. Standard: Apply glyphs and letters
4. Alternate: Apply glyphs and alternate unicode
5. Deep: Apply maximum glyphing


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emojishift can also reverse translate, converting emojis to text:

cat emoji_filled_file.md | emojishift -r

License

MIT