dcml2pnm(1)

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💅 dcml2pnm — the OFFIS DCMTK girlie's guide ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the dcml2pnm(1) page 🎀 this one lives in the OFFIS DCMTK family, and she's a little vintage — but we still stan a complete manual page, so here's literally everything 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

dcml2pnm — convert DICOM images to PGM/PPM, PNG, TIFF or BMP 🦋

like yes she does the whole glow-up from medical-imaging file to regular-people picture format, no cap ✨

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

dcml2pnm [options] dcmfile-in [bitmap-out]

so you give her [options] (if you want, she's chill like that), a dcmfile-in which is required fr fr, and a [bitmap-out] which is optional 🙈

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

okay so here's the part where I have to be the responsible friend 😭

The dcml2pnm tool is deprecated. like, retired. past her era. she's giving nostalgia, not main character energy anymore 💅

Use dcm2img instead — and the slay here is that it supports the same command line parameters, and more 👑 so you literally lose nothing by switching, you just gain stuff. periodt.

ngl bestie, if you're reaching for dcml2pnm in a fresh script, put it down gently and go grab dcm2img instead 🫶 the old girl is deprecated, and that's a fact, not a vibe I'm inventing.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • dcm2img(1) — your new bestie, the upgrade, the moment 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie, every last crumb 🍓 mwah 💜

Version 3.7.1 — Sat Oct 17 2026 09:34:01 ⭐ signed, sealed, delivered by your favourite manual-page girly 🧚‍♀️✨

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