anytopnm

   Updated: 11 July 2000
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NAME

   anytopnm  -	convert	 an  arbitrary type of image file to PBM,
PGM, or PPM

SYNOPSIS

   anytopnm [file]

DESCRIPTION

   This program is part of Netpbm.

   anytopnm converts the input image, which  may  be  in  any  of
dozens of graphics
   formats,  to PBM, PGM, or PPM format, depending on that nature
of the input
   image, and outputs it to Standard Output.

   To  determine  the format of the input, anytopnm uses the file
program
   (possibly assisted by the magic numbers file fragment included
with Netpbm).
   If that fails (very few image  formats  have	 magic	numbers),
anytopnm looks at
   the filename extension. If that fails, anytopnm punts.

   The type of the output file depends on the input image.

   If	file  indicates that the input file is compressed (either
via Unix
   compress, gzip, or bzip compression), anytopnm uncompresses it
and proceeds
   as above with the uncompressed result.

   If	file indicates that the input file is encoded by uuencode
or btoa,
   anytopnm decodes it and proceeds as above with the decoded re-
sult.

   If file is - or not given, anytopnm takes its input from Stan-
dard Input.

SEE ALSO

   pnmfile, pnm, file man page

AUTHOR

   Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.
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UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. file
2. which
3. gzip
4. as
5. pnmfile
6. man