LinuxCommandLibrary

pbm

portable Bitmap format

TLDR

Convert to PBM

$ anytopnm [input] | ppmtopgm | pgmtopbm > [output.pbm]
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View PBM info
$ pnmfile [image.pbm]
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Convert PBM to ASCII
$ pbmtoascii [image.pbm]
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SYNOPSIS

Various pbm* tools for bitmap manipulation.

DESCRIPTION

PBM is Portable Bitmap format. Binary 1-bit image format.
The format stores black and white images. Part of Netpbm suite.

PARAMETERS

PBM format is 1-bit (black and white).
Part of Netpbm toolkit.

CAVEATS

Part of Netpbm. 1-bit only. Smallest Netpbm format.

HISTORY

PBM was created as part of Netpbm for simple bitmap images.

SEE ALSO

pgm(5), ppm(5), pnm(5), netpbm(1)

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