---
name: "mrftopbm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "netpbm"
version: "10.86.51-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mrftopbm"
---

# mrftopbm(1)

convert an MRF image to PBM format

## NAME

mrftopbm - convert an MRF image to PBM format

## SYNOPSIS

**mrftopbm** \[ **-a** \] \[ *input.mrf* \]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is part of **Netpbm**(1) .

**mrftopbm** converts an MRF image to PBM format.

**mrftopbm** takes the MRF image from the file named by the *input.mrf* argument, or Standard Input if you don't specify *input.mrf*.  The output goes to Standard Output.

For more information about mrf, see **the MRF** specification" (1).

## OPTIONS

In addition to the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (most notably **-quiet**, see \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ ), **mrftopbm** recognizes the following command line option:

- **-a**

  causes **mrftopbm** to include the edges, if any, in the output PBM.  This may help when debugging a compressor's edge optimization.

## AUTHOR

Russell Marks.

## SEE ALSO

[**pbmtomrf**(1)](/pbmtomrf/1.md) , **pbm**(1) , [**mrf**(1)](/mrf/1.md)

## DOCUMENT SOURCE

This manual page was generated by the Netpbm tool 'makeman' from HTML source.  The master documentation is at

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  **http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/doc/mrftopbm.html**