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pamcrater — Create a PAM image of cratered terrain. See also: `pamshadedrelief`, `ppmrelief`. More information:

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Problem

How to use the pamcrater command: Create a PAM image of cratered terrain. See also: pamshadedrelief, ppmrelief. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamcrater.html>.

Solution

pamcrater — Create a PAM image of cratered terrain. See also: pamshadedrelief, ppmrelief. More information: <https://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/pamcrater.html>.

Create an image of cratered terrain with the specified dimensions:

pamcrater {{[-h|-height]}} {{height}} {{[-w|-width]}} {{width}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Create an image containing the specified number of craters:

pamcrater {{[-n|-number]}} {{n_craters}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Code Snippets

Create an image of cratered terrain with the specified dimensions

pamcrater {{[-h|-height]}} {{height}} {{[-w|-width]}} {{width}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Create an image containing the specified number of craters

pamcrater {{[-n|-number]}} {{n_craters}} > {{path/to/output.pam}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pamcrater

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