---
name: "tetradraw"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetradraw"
version: "2.0.3-11"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tetradraw"
---

# tetradraw(1)

ANSI drawing utility

## NAME

tetradraw — ANSI drawing utility

## SYNOPSIS

**tetradraw** \[*\[file\]\]*

**tetraview**

## DESCRIPTION

*This manual page documents briefly the*  **tetradraw** *and* **tetraview**       *commands.*

*This manual page was written for the* **Debian GNU/Linux** *distribution*  *because the original program does not have a manual page.*

**tetradraw** *is a program that helps you in an easy*  *way to draw an ANSI picture. It takes as argument the filename of a*  *picture. You can get a nice online help within the program by pressing*  *ALT-h.*

**tetraview** *is a browser that can show you pictures*  *created with* **tetradraw***. You leave this program by*  *pressing the ESC-Key twice.*

## OPTIONS

**tetradraw** *takes as it's only argument the*  *filename of an picture to load.*

- **file**

  *Load file into tetradraw.*

## AUTHOR

*This manual page was written by Rhonda D'Vine \<rhonda@debian.org\> for*  *the* **Debian GNU/Linux** *system (but may be used by others).*