PNG2PAT(1)

🦋 PNG2PAT(1) — the manual page, bestie edition 🦋

okay so this is a General Commands Manual page for png2pat, and yes i'm gonna hold your hand through every single line of it because you deserve that 💖

✨ NAME ✨

png2pat — converts an image file from PNG to PAT format. that's it. that's the whole job. she's a specialist, not a generalist 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

png2pat infile.png

like… one argument. one. she's low maintenance fr fr 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so png2pat is a program that converts an image file from PNG to PAT format. literally what it says on the tin, no plot twist, no hidden lore 🫶

infile.png is an RGB or RGBA PNG file — those are the only two vibes she accepts, do not come at her with anything else 😭 — and the resulting .pat file gets written to stdout. yes, stdout, not a file, so redirect it yourself if you want it saved, bestie, that's on you 💀

and the way this file can then be used with visgrep(1) to scrape screen content?? that's the whole point. that's the main character energy right there. you're building a little screen-scraping empire and png2pat is just doing her part 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay so. this command does not have any options. none. zero. not a single flag. no -h, no --help, no secret little extras hiding in the back. she said "i'm perfect as i am" and honestly? respect 🎀✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

her friend group, the whole squad, go say hi 🦋:

• pat2ppm(1)
• patextract(1)
• rgb2pat(1)
• visgrep(1)
• xte(1)

✨ AUTHOR ✨

png2pat was written by Steve Slaven <bpk@hoopajoo.net> — king behavior, thank you for your service 🫡💜

This manual page was written by Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). giving, sharing, iconic, no gatekeeping in this household 🌸

and that's a wrap!! this page came from the General Commands Manual, and the date stamped on it is October 18, 2003 — yeah she's an elder but she's still slaying, periodt 💅✨ bye bestie, go convert some PNGs 💖