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<H1>pbmtoascii</H1>
Updated: 02 April 2010
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<H2>NAME</H2>
pbmtoascii - convert a PBM image to ASCII graphics
<H2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>pbmtoascii</B>
[<B>-1x2</B>|<B>-2x4</B>]
[<I>pbmfile</I>]
<H2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</H2>
<p>This program is part of <a href="index.html">Netpbm</a>.
<p><b>pbmtoascii</b> reads a PBM image as input and produces a somewhat
crude ASCII graphic image as output.
<P>To convert back, use <A HREF="asciitopgm.html">asciitopgm</A>.
<p><b>ppmtoterm</b> does a similar thing for color images to be displayed
on color text terminals.
<H2 id="options">OPTIONS</H2>
<p>The <B>-1x2</B> and <B>-2x4</B> options give you two alternate ways for the
pixels to get mapped to characters. With <B>1x2</B>, the default, each
character represents a group of 1 pixel across by 2 pixels down. With
<B>-2x4</B>, each character represents 2 pixels across by 4 pixels down. With
the 1x2 mode you can see the individual pixels, so it's useful for previewing
small images on a non-graphics terminal. The 2x4 mode lets you display larger
images on a small display, but it obscures pixel-level details. 2x4 mode is
also good for displaying PGM images:
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pamscale -width 158 | pnmnorm | pamditherbw -threshold | pbmtoascii -2x4
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should give good results.
<H2 id="seealso">SEE ALSO</H2>
<A HREF="asciitopgm.html">asciitopgm</A>
<a href="ppmtoascii.html">ppmtoascii</a>
<a href="ppmtoterm.html">ppmtoterm</a>
<A HREF="pbm.html">pbm</A>
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Copyright (C) 1988, 1992 by Jef Poskanzer.
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<LI><A HREF="#description">DESCRIPTION</A>
<LI><A HREF="#options">OPTIONS</A>
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