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pamtowinicon — Convert a PAM image to a Windows ICO file. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pam

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Problem

How to use the pamtowinicon command: Convert a PAM image to a Windows ICO file. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamtowinicon.html>.

Solution

pamtowinicon — Convert a PAM image to a Windows ICO file. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamtowinicon.html>.

Convert a PAM image file to an ICO file:

pamtowinicon {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Encode images with resolutions smaller than t in the BMP format and all other images in the PNG format:

pamtowinicon {{[-pn|-pngthreshold]}} {{t}} {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Make all pixels outside the non-opaque area black:

pamtowinicon {{[-t|-truetransparent]}} {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Code Snippets

Convert a PAM image file to an ICO file

pamtowinicon {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Encode images with resolutions smaller than `t` in the BMP format and all other images in the PNG format

pamtowinicon {{[-pn|-pngthreshold]}} {{t}} {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Make all pixels outside the non-opaque area black

pamtowinicon {{[-t|-truetransparent]}} {{path/to/input_file.pam}} > {{path/to/output.ico}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pamtowinicon

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