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

# pbmtoimgv(1)

Portable Bitmap to Pilot Image Viewer converter, version 2.1.

## NAME

pbmtoimgv - Portable Bitmap to Pilot Image Viewer converter, version 2.1.

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtoimgv** \[*-h*\] \[*-v*\] \[*-t title*\] \[*-n notefile*\] \[*-{c\|m\|u}*\] \[*in* \[*out*\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**pbmtoimgv** is a simple filter for converting Portable Bitmap to monochrome Pilot Image Viewer pdb files.

If an image's width is not a multiple of 16 pixels, enough extra white pixels will be added at the right side to ensure alignment.  Images will be padded, with white pixels, to a width and height of 160 if needed.

## OPTIONS

- *-h*

  Display a short summary of the command line options and exit.

- *-v*

  Display the version and exit.

- *-t title*

  Specify the title of the image (up to 31 characters).

- *-n notefile*

  Specify the note file.  No note is attached to the image by default.

- *-c*

  Produce a compressed image.

- *-m*

  Produce a compressed image if it is smaller than the uncompressed version. This is the default compression mode.

- *-u*

  Produce an uncompressed image.

- *in*

  The input file.  The default is the standard input.

- *out*

  The output file.  The default is the standard output.

## SEE ALSO

[**imgvinfo**(1)](/imgvinfo/1.md), [**imgvtopnm**(1)](/imgvtopnm/1.md), [**imgvview**(1)](/imgvview/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.