ASCII Art Encoder/Decoder

Requirement

• Python 3

Running

Encoding

python convert.py --encode data.txt

Decoding

python convert.py --decode encoded_data.txt

Result

5.4K Sep 15  2016 data.txt
2.3K Feb  2 01:18 encoded_data.txt
5.4K Feb  2 01:18 decoded_data.txt

42.6% of the original size.

Running tests

python test.py

or you can run both encode and decode, then run the following command:

diff data.txt decoded_data.txt