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<H1>pamtable</H1>
Updated: 15 April 2017
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<H2>NAME</H2>
pamtable - print the raster as a table of numerical sample values
<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>pamtable</B>
[<I>netpbmfile</I>]
<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>pamtable</b> prints the raster of a Netpbm image as a table of numerical
sample values. For example, a 5-pixel wide, 2-pixel high rainbow (black, red,
green, blue, white) PPM image with maxval 255 would appear as follows:
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<tt>
0 0 0|255 0 0| 0 255 0| 0 0 255|255 255 255
0 0 0|255 0 0| 0 255 0| 0 0 255|255 255 255
</tt>
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<p>If you care to see only certain rows or columns, use <b>pamcut</b> to
filter the input.
<p>If you care to see only certain planes, use <b>pamchannel</b> to filter the
input.
<p><b>pamtable</b> prints vertical bars between tuples, unless there is only
one sample per tuple, in which case it prints a single space between tuples.
<p><b>pamtable</b> prints a single space between samples within a tuple.
<p>For each sample, <b>pamtable</b> prints the numerical value from the Netpbm
image, uninterpreted. It prints it in decimal, right justified in the minimum
number of spaces required to print the maxval of the image.
<p>If you want the samples to print more densely, use <b>pamdepth</b> to
reduce the maxval (thus making the decimal numbers for the samples narrower).
<P>The <b>less</b> program (not part of Netpbm) is good for browsing through
the table. Use its <b>--chop-long-lines</b> option and use cursor movement
keys to scroll around in the image.
<h2 id="arguments">ARGUMENTS</h2>
<p>The only possible argument is the name of the file containing the input
Netpbm image. This is optional; if you don't specify any arguments, the input
comes from Standard Input.
<h2 id="options">OPTIONS</h2>
<p>None.
<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2>
<A HREF="pamfile.html">pamfile</A>,
<A HREF="pamcut.html">pamcut</A>,
<A HREF="pamchannel.html">pamchannel</A>,
<A HREF="pnm.html">pnm</A>,
<A HREF="pam.html">pam</A>,
<A HREF="pamslice.html">pamslice</A>,
<A HREF="ppmtoarbtxt.html">ppmtoarbtxt</A>,
<A HREF="ppmtoterm.html">ppmtoterm</A>,
<h2 id="history">HISTORY</h2>
<p><b>pamtable</b> was new in Netpbm 10.79 (June 2017).
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<H2 id="index">Table Of Contents</H2>
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<LI><A HREF="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A>
<LI><A HREF="#seealso">ARGUMENTS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#seealso">OPTIONS</A>
<LI><A HREF="#seealso">SEE ALSO</A>
<LI><A HREF="#history">HISTORY</A>
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