pamslice
Extract one line of values out of a PAM image.
TLDR
Print the values of the pixels in the n'th row in a table
$ pamslice -row [n] [path/to/image.pam]
Print the values of the pixels in the n'th column in a table
$ pamslice -column [n] [path/to/image.pam]
Consider the m'th plane of the input image only
$ pamslice -row [n] -plane [m] [path/to/image.pam]
Produce output in a format suitable for input to an xmgr for visualisation
$ pamslice -row [n] -xmgr [path/to/image.pam]