tldr/pages/common/pbmtoascii.md

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]}}