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

# pamtoxvmini(1)

convert Netpbm image to an XV "thumbnail" picture

## NAME

pamtoxvmini - convert Netpbm image to an XV "thumbnail" picture

## SYNOPSIS

**pamtoxvmini**

\[*pamfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pamtoxvmini** reads a Netpbm image (PAM or PNM) and produces an XV "thumbnail" picture (a miniature picture normally generated by the "VisualSchnauzer" browser) as output.

## OPTIONS

There are no command line options defined specifically for **pamtoxvmini**, but it recognizes the options common to all programs based on libnetpbm (See \
  Common Options ⟨index.html#commonoptions⟩ .)

## SEE ALSO

[**xvminitoppm**(1)](/xvminitoppm/1.md) ,  **ppm**(1) ,  **xv** manual

## HISTORY

This program was new in Netpbm 10.34 (April 2006).

## 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/pamtoxvmini.html**
