PGMSLICE(1)

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version 11.13.03 · 3 versions
, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 PGMSLICE(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Pgmslice User Manual, from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? she's a legacy icon but we gotta talk about her glow-down. let's get into it 🌸

✨ NAME ✨

pgmslice — extract one line of pixel values out of a PGM 🎀

like, one whole line. of pixels. plucked straight out of your PGM. that's the whole gig. no cap.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so first thing you need to know: this program is part of Netpbm(1) 💅 so she rolls with the whole Netpbm family, iykyk.

now here's the tea, and I'm gonna say it gently because I love her: starting with Netpbm 10.3, pgmslice is obsolete. 😭 periodt. she's retired. she's still here, she still works, but the group chat has moved on.

so what do you use instead? pamslice(1) 👑 use that one. it's the upgrade, the main character now.

and the best part? it is backward compatible. ✨ so nothing breaks, nothing gets left behind, your old workflows are safe. we love an accessible queen 🫶

ngl, if you're reading this in 2024 wondering whether to use pgmslice or pamslice(1)... bestie, it's pamslice(1). every single time. lowkey not even a debate 💀

📜 DOCUMENT SOURCE 📜

so like, where did this whole page even come from? it was generated by the Netpbm tool makeman, which takes HTML source and turns it into a manual page. cute little pipeline, no cap 🎀

the master documentation lives at:

http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pgmslice.html

that's the source of truth, the origin story, the blueprint 🌈

and that's the whole page, babe — short and sweet, just like her reign 🌸 this was netpbm documentation, dated 22 June 2002, living under the title Pgmslice User Manual(1) in section 1 of the manual. tysm for reading, go use pamslice(1) instead, ily, bye bestie 💖✨🦋

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