IMGVTOPNM(1)

💖 IMGVTOPNM(1) 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

imgvtopnm — Pilot Image Viewer pdb to PGM/PBM converter, version 2.1. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

imgvtopnm [-h] [-v] [-{p|r}] [-n notefile] [in [out]]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So Imgvtopnm is literally a filter, bestie — it converts Pilot Image Viewer pdb files into Portable Graymaps or Portable Bitmaps. and the way it decides? grayscale pdb files get converted to PGM files, and monochrome pdb files get converted to PBM files. periodt. 💖

Notes that are attached to images may, optionally, be extracted too. and both compressed and uncompressed images are supported — she does it all. ✨

lowkey important: if you wanna know what kind of image (monochrome or grayscale) a pdb file holds, just use imgvinfo(1). she'll tell you. iykyk. 👑

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -h — Display a short usage message and exit. cute little hello-and-bye. 🙈
• -v — Display the version and exit. she's telling you who she is. 💅
• -p — Produce a plain (or text) format output file. ✨
• -r — Produce a raw (or binary) format output file. 🔥
• -n notefile — Write the image note (if any) to notefile. The image note is ignored by default. 🎀
• in — The input file. The standard input is read by default. 🌸
• out — The output file. The standard output is written by default. 🦋

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

imgvinfo(1), imgvview(1), pbmtoimgv(1), pgmtoimgv(1), ppmimgvquant(1), pbm(5), pgm(5).

the whole friend group, fr fr. 🫶

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💀 BUGS 💀

Bug reports should be sent to Eric A. Howe (mu@trends.net). not me, i'm just the messenger bestie 😭

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👑 LICENSE 👑

Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Eric A. Howe <http://www.trends.net/~mu>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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