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

# pbmtomgr(1)

convert a PBM image into a MGR bitmap

## NAME

pbmtomgr - convert a PBM image into a MGR bitmap

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtomgr**

\[*pbmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pbmtomgr** reads a PBM image as input and produces a MGR bitmap as output.

**MGR**(1)  is a window manager that is a smaller alternative to the X Windows System.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

[**mgrtopbm**(1)](/mgrtopbm/1.md) , **pbm**(1)

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1989 by Jef Poskanzer.

## 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/pbmtomgr.html**