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pbmtoascii — Convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics. See also: `ppmtoascii`, `asciitopgm`, `ppmtoterm`. More infor

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Problem

How to use the pbmtoascii command: Convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics. See also: ppmtoascii, asciitopgm, ppmtoterm. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoascii.html>.

Solution

pbmtoascii — Convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics. See also: ppmtoascii, asciitopgm, ppmtoterm. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pbmtoascii.html>.

Read a PBM file as input and produce an ASCII output:
pbmtoascii {{path/to/input_file.pbm}}


Read a PBM file as input and save an ASCII output into a file:
pbmtoascii {{path/to/input_file.pbm}} > {{path/to/output_file}}


Read a PBM file as input while setting the pixel mapping (defaults to 1x2):
pbmtoascii -{{1x2|2x4}} {{path/to/input_file.pbm}}


Display version:
pbmtoascii {{[-v|-version]}}

Code Snippets

Read a PBM file as input and produce an ASCII output

pbmtoascii {{path/to/input_file.pbm}}

Read a PBM file as input and save an ASCII output into a file

pbmtoascii {{path/to/input_file.pbm}} > {{path/to/output_file}}

Read a PBM file as input while setting the pixel mapping (defaults to 1x2)

pbmtoascii -{{1x2|2x4}} {{path/to/input_file.pbm}}

Display version

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

Context

tldr-pages: common/pbmtoascii

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