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

# pbmtoplot(1)

convert a PBM image into a Unix 'plot' file

## NAME

pbmtoplot - convert a PBM image into a Unix 'plot' file

## SYNOPSIS

**pbmtoplot** \[*pbmfile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

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

**pbmtoplot** reads a PBM image as input and produces a Unix **plot** file as output.

Note that there is no plottopbm tool - this transformation is one-way.

## OPTIONS

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

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 1990 by Arthur David Olson.

## 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/pbmtoplot.html**