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IMG -> SVG CLI (Portable) - on macOS and Linux
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| set -u | |
| trap 'echo; echo "[EXIT] Interrupted."; exit 0' SIGINT | |
| color() { | |
| case "$1" in | |
| red) printf '\033[0;31m%s\033[0m\n' "$2" ;; | |
| green) printf '\033[0;32m%s\033[0m\n' "$2" ;; | |
| yellow) printf '\033[1;33m%s\033[0m\n' "$2" ;; | |
| cyan) printf '\033[0;36m%s\033[0m\n' "$2" ;; | |
| bold) printf '\033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$2" ;; | |
| *) printf '%s\n' "$2" ;; | |
| esac | |
| } | |
| line() { | |
| echo "------------------------------------------------------------" | |
| } | |
| handle_exit() { | |
| local input="$1" | |
| local normalized | |
| normalized=$(printf '%s' "$input" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]') | |
| case "$normalized" in | |
| q|quit|exit) | |
| echo | |
| color cyan "[EXIT] Bye." | |
| exit 0 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| } | |
| prompt() { | |
| local message="$1" | |
| local var_name="$2" | |
| local value | |
| read -r -p "$message" value | |
| handle_exit "$value" | |
| eval "$var_name=\"\$value\"" | |
| } | |
| is_installed() { | |
| command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 | |
| } | |
| install_tool() { | |
| local tool="$1" | |
| if is_installed "$tool"; then | |
| color green "[OK] $tool already installed." | |
| return | |
| fi | |
| color yellow "[..] $tool not found." | |
| if is_installed brew; then | |
| color yellow "[..] Installing with brew..." | |
| brew install "$tool" | |
| elif is_installed apt; then | |
| sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y "$tool" | |
| elif is_installed pacman; then | |
| sudo pacman -Sy --noconfirm "$tool" | |
| else | |
| color red "[ERROR] No supported package manager found." | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| } | |
| show_header() { | |
| clear 2>/dev/null || true | |
| color cyan "============================================================" | |
| color cyan " IMG -> SVG CLI (Portable) " | |
| color cyan "============================================================" | |
| echo | |
| echo "Works on macOS and Linux" | |
| echo | |
| color yellow "Type q / quit / exit at any prompt" | |
| echo | |
| } | |
| show_menu() { | |
| line | |
| color bold "Conversion modes" | |
| echo " 1) Inkscape (experimental CLI)" | |
| echo " 2) Color vector (vtracer)" | |
| echo " 3) B/W vector (potrace)" | |
| echo " 4) Wrap image (no vector)" | |
| echo " 5) Exit" | |
| line | |
| echo | |
| prompt "Choose [1-5]: " MODE | |
| } | |
| ask_input() { | |
| prompt "Input file: " INPUT | |
| [[ -f "$INPUT" ]] || { color red "File not found"; ask_input; } | |
| } | |
| ask_output() { | |
| local default="${INPUT%.*}.svg" | |
| prompt "Output [$default]: " OUTPUT | |
| OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-$default} | |
| } | |
| run_inkscape() { | |
| install_tool inkscape | |
| local actions="select-all;object-to-path;export-plain-svg;export-do" | |
| echo | |
| color cyan "[INKSCAPE CLI]" | |
| echo "inkscape \"$INPUT\" --actions=\"$actions\" --export-filename=\"$OUTPUT\"" | |
| inkscape "$INPUT" --actions="$actions" --export-filename="$OUTPUT" || return 1 | |
| } | |
| run_vtracer() { | |
| install_tool vtracer | |
| echo | |
| color cyan "[VTRACER]" | |
| vtracer --input "$INPUT" --output "$OUTPUT" --colormode color || return 1 | |
| } | |
| run_potrace() { | |
| install_tool potrace | |
| install_tool imagemagick | |
| TMP=$(mktemp /tmp/img2svg.XXXX.pbm) | |
| echo | |
| color cyan "[POTRACE]" | |
| magick "$INPUT" -colorspace gray -threshold 55% "$TMP" || return 1 | |
| potrace "$TMP" -s -o "$OUTPUT" || return 1 | |
| rm -f "$TMP" | |
| } | |
| run_wrap() { | |
| install_tool inkscape | |
| inkscape "$INPUT" --export-type=svg --export-filename="$OUTPUT" | |
| } | |
| show_result() { | |
| echo | |
| line | |
| color bold "Result" | |
| ls -lh "$OUTPUT" 2>/dev/null || color red "No output" | |
| line | |
| } | |
| post_menu() { | |
| echo | |
| echo "1) Open" | |
| echo "2) Again" | |
| echo "3) Exit" | |
| prompt "> " NEXT | |
| case "$NEXT" in | |
| 1) is_installed inkscape && inkscape "$OUTPUT" & ;; | |
| 2) main ;; | |
| *) exit 0 ;; | |
| esac | |
| } | |
| main() { | |
| show_header | |
| show_menu | |
| case "$MODE" in | |
| 1|2|3|4) ;; | |
| *) exit 0 ;; | |
| esac | |
| ask_input | |
| ask_output | |
| case "$MODE" in | |
| 1) run_inkscape ;; | |
| 2) run_vtracer ;; | |
| 3) run_potrace ;; | |
| 4) run_wrap ;; | |
| esac | |
| show_result | |
| post_menu | |
| } | |
| main |
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