---
name: "imgvview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "imgvtopgm"
version: "2.1-2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/imgvview"
---

# imgvview(1)

tool for viewing Pilot Image Viewer files, version 2.1.

## NAME

imgvview - tool for viewing Pilot Image Viewer files, version 2.1.

## SYNOPSIS

**imgvview** \[*-h*\] \[*-v*\] \[*file*\]

## DESCRIPTION

[**imgvview**(1)](/imgvview/1.md) is a simple wrapper for another image viewer (**xv**(1), [**xli**(1)](/xli/1.md), and [**display**(1)](/display/1.md) will work but anything that can read PGM and PBM files can be used by editting the script); the input file is converted to a temporary PGM or PBM file and the other viewer is launched with the temporary file.

## OPTIONS

- *-h*

  Display a usage message and exit.

- *-v*

  Display the version number and exit.

## SEE ALSO

[**imgvinfo**(1)](/imgvinfo/1.md), [**imgvtopnm**(1)](/imgvtopnm/1.md), [**pbmtoimgv**(1)](/pbmtoimgv/1.md), [**pgmtoimgv**(1)](/pgmtoimgv/1.md), [**ppmimgvquant**(1)](/ppmimgvquant/1.md), [**pbm**(5)](/pbm/5.md), [**pgm**(5)](/pgm/5.md).

## BUGS

Bug reports should be sent to Eric A. Howe (mu@trends.net).

## LICENSE

Copyright (C) 1997,1998 Eric A. Howe \<http://www.trends.net/~mu\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but **WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY**; without even the implied warranty of **MERCHANTABILITY** or **FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE**.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.