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ppmtoarbtxt — Convert a PPM image to an arbitrary text format according to a template. More information: <https://

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Problem

How to use the ppmtoarbtxt command: Convert a PPM image to an arbitrary text format according to a template. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtoarbtxt.html>.

Solution

ppmtoarbtxt — Convert a PPM image to an arbitrary text format according to a template. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/ppmtoarbtxt.html>.

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template:

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template, prepend the contents of the specified head template:

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} -hd {{path/to/head_template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template, append the contents of the specified tail template:

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} -hd {{path/to/tail_template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Display version:

ppmtoarbtxt {{[-v|-version]}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template, prepend the contents of the specified head template

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} -hd {{path/to/head_template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Convert a PPM image to text as specified by the given template, append the contents of the specified tail template

ppmtoarbtxt {{path/to/template}} -hd {{path/to/tail_template}} {{path/to/image.ppm}} > {{path/to/output_file.txt}}

Display version

ppmtoarbtxt {{[-v|-version]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ppmtoarbtxt

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