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tgatoppm — Convert a TrueVision Targa file to a Netpbm image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net

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Problem

How to use the tgatoppm command: Convert a TrueVision Targa file to a Netpbm image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/tgatoppm.html>.

Solution

tgatoppm — Convert a TrueVision Targa file to a Netpbm image. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/tgatoppm.html>.

Convert a TrueVision Targa file to a PPM image:

tgatoppm {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Dump information from the TGA header to stdout:

tgatoppm {{[-h|-headerdump]}} {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Write the transparency channel values of the input image to the specified file:

tgatoppm {{[-a|-alphaout]}} {{path/to/transparency_file.pgm}} {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Display version:

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

Code Snippets

Convert a TrueVision Targa file to a PPM image

tgatoppm {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Dump information from the TGA header to `stdout`

tgatoppm {{[-h|-headerdump]}} {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Write the transparency channel values of the input image to the specified file

tgatoppm {{[-a|-alphaout]}} {{path/to/transparency_file.pgm}} {{path/to/file.tga}} > {{path/to/output.ppm}}

Display version

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

Context

tldr-pages: common/tgatoppm

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